Legal Opinion
Griggs v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 13, 1998No. 1960453Published
1Opinion of the Court
710 So.2d 411 (1998)
Winston GRIGGS and Mary J. Gilmore
v.
Secretary of State Jim BENNETT.
1960453.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
February 13, 1998.
Jack W. Smith, Dothan, for appellants.
Bill Pryor, atty. gen., and John J. Park, Jr., deputy atty. gen., for appellee.
SEE, Justice.
Winston Griggs and Mary Gilmore filed this action to require Secretary of State Jim Bennett to place a newly created circuit court judgeship on the ballot for the 1996 primary and general elections. The trial court denied the relief, holding that § 6.14 of Amendment 328 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 required the initial…
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