Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Vines
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 24, 1984No. 83-1174PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
A municipal election was held in Lafayette, Alabama, on July 10, 1984. Petitioner Vines was one of four candidates for mayor. Election officials certified the results of the election for mayor as follows:
Candidate Total Votes --------- ----- ----- Ed Allen 448 W.W. (Pete) Holcombe 165 Robert Vines 314 Ed Yeargan 277
On July 12, 1984, candidate Ed Yeargan filed an action for declaratory judgment in the Circuit Court of Chambers County against the other three candidates, asking the court to hold a hearing to determine whether there had been a malfunction of voting machine No. 4, which was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Black v. PateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Pearson v. AlversonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Turner v. CooperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
- Longshore v. City of HomewoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Walker v. JuniorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
3Cited by4 opinions
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- City of Talladega v. PettusSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Long v. BryantSupreme Court of Alabama · 2008