Legal Opinion
Ex parte Madison County Department of Human Resources
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided July 12, 2013No. 2111200PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PITTMAN, Judge.
The Madison County Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) and its assistant director, Tyron Newton, appeal from a September 13, 2012, order of Madison Juvenile Court Judge Claude E. Hundley III, finding them in criminal contempt of court for their willful disobedience of a court order. As a contempt sanction, Judge Hundley sentenced Newton to pay a fine of $2,000 by 9:00 a.m. on September 17, 2012, or to turn himself into the jail for five days’ incarceration plus pay the fine. DHR and Newton sought a writ of mandamus from this court, directing Judge Hundley to vacate his order…
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. FeiockSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Gordon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Albert Turner, in Re Howard Moore, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Ex Parte FergusonSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001
- Matter of CalhounCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1984
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- Stender v. StenderCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2015