JEFFERSON CO. v. TAXPAYERS AND CITIZENS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Foster Clark , J. Russell Campbell , Ed R. Haden , and Jason B. Tompkins of Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, for the appellants/cross-appellees Jefferson County and Jefferson County Commission.

David A. Sullivan , Birmingham; and Calvin B. Grigsby , Danville, California, for appellees/cross-appellants Taxpayers and Citizens of Jefferson County, Mary Moore, John Rodgers, William Muhammad, and Andrew Bennett.

Wilson F. Green of Fleenor & Green LLP, Tuscaloosa; and E. Clayton Lowe, Jr. , of The Lowe Law Finn, LLC, Birmingham, for appellee Taxpayer Keith Shannon.

J. Gorman Houston, Jr. , of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham, for amici curiae Boards of Education of Jefferson County, City of Tarrant, City of Fairfield, City of Midfield, City of Birmingham, and City of Trussville, in support of the appellants Jefferson County and Jefferson County Commission.

Thomas A. Woodall of Sirote & Permutt, PC, Birmingham; and R. Bernard Harwood, Jr. , of Rosen Harwood, P.A., Tuscaloosa, for amici curiae Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives and President Pro Tempore of the Alabama Senate, in support of the appellants Jefferson County and Jefferson County Commission.

Thomas L. Stewart and Wayne Morse, Jr. , of Waldrep Stewart & Kendrick, LLC, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Birmingham Jefferson County Civic Center Authority, in support of the appellants Jefferson County and Jefferson County Commission.

Edward A. Hosp and Prim Formby Escalona of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Association of County Commissions of Alabama, in support of the appellants Jefferson County and Jefferson County Commission.

Jeffrey M. Anderson and S. Roderick Kanter of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham; and W. Stanley Gregory of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama League of Municipalities, in support of the appellants Jefferson County and Jefferson County Commission.