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Ex parte Christine Hooks

Supreme Court of Alabama
Dec 11, 1998
728 So. 2d 631 (Ala. 1998)

Summary

reversing and remanding Calhoun County Commission v. Hooks, 728 So.2d 625 (Ala.Civ.App. 1997), in which this court reversed the trial court's award of attorney fees against the Calhoun County Commission and which contained no discussion of state immunity, to this court "for reconsideration in light of Ex parte Horn, 718 So.2d 694 (Ala. 1998)"

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Opinion

No. 1962182.

December 11, 1998.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the court of Civil Appeals Montgomery Circuit Court, CV-95-1839.

Cliffor L. Callis, Jr., and Jay E. Stover of Callis Stover, Rainbow City, for petitioners.

Thomas N. Sowa, Anniston, for respondent.


The judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals, Calhoun county Comm'n v. Hooks, 728 SO.2d 625 (Ala.Civ.App. 1997), is reversed and the cause is remanded for reconsideration in light of Ex parte Horn, 718 So.2d 694 (Ala. 1998).

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

HOOPER, C.J. and ALMON, SHORES, HOUSTON, and COOK, JJ., concur.

MADDOX and SEE, JJ., dissent.


Summaries of

Ex parte Christine Hooks

Supreme Court of Alabama
Dec 11, 1998
728 So. 2d 631 (Ala. 1998)

reversing and remanding Calhoun County Commission v. Hooks, 728 So.2d 625 (Ala.Civ.App. 1997), in which this court reversed the trial court's award of attorney fees against the Calhoun County Commission and which contained no discussion of state immunity, to this court "for reconsideration in light of Ex parte Horn, 718 So.2d 694 (Ala. 1998)"

Summary of this case from Dept. of Envir. v. Lowndesboro
Case details for

Ex parte Christine Hooks

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte Christine Hooks and Walter L. Young. In re CALHOUN COUNTY…

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Dec 11, 1998

Citations

728 So. 2d 631 (Ala. 1998)

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