Alabama Coalition for Equity, Inc. v. James

I concur in the result in part and dissent in part. I not only agree that this case should be dismissed, but I would go further and say that it should be vacated. As I explain in this special writing, the trial court never had subject-matter jurisdiction over the original complaints. Therefore, the circuit court’s every act — from the first day — was illegal and is void. I cannot concur with the rationale of the majority opinion because the “Liability Order,” which was not a legal order in the first place, could never be final. Therefore, while I agree with this Court in finally ending the…