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ERDREICH v. BAILEY

SC 1555.

333 So.2d 810 (1976)

Ben ERDREICH and Chriss Doss, as members of the Jefferson County Commission, etc. v. Melvin BAILEY, as Sheriff of Jefferson County, Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin A. Strickland, and John S. Foster, Birmingham, for Ben Erdreich and Chriss Doss, as Members of the Jefferson County Commission, Jefferson County, Ala. Cooper, Mitch & Crawford, Birmingham, for appellants Birmingham Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO.

Thomason, Furner & Boyce, Bessemer, for American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union. AFL-CIO, Local No. 2557.

William M. Acker, Jr. and Ezra B. Perry, Jr., Birmingham, for appellee Melvin Bailey, as Sheriff of Jefferson County, Alabama.

John J. Coleman, Jr., Birmingham, for Tom Gloor, President, Jefferson County Commission, amicus curiae.

Drayton N. Hamilton, Montgomery, for Alabama League of Municipalities, as amicus curiae.

JONES, Justice.

This is an appeal by a majority (two of three) of the members of the Jefferson County Commission and certain labor union intervenors from an adverse decree granting the declaratory and injunctive relief sought by Melvin Bailey, as Sheriff of Jefferson County, Alabama.

A single issue is presented: Can Jefferson County through its governing body, the County Commission, at the request of the Sheriff's deputies, deduct union dues from their salaries...

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