KNIGHT v. GRAY

81-973.

420 So.2d 247 (1982)

James R. KNIGHT, etc. v. Billy GRAY, Bob Brooks, C. Pat Reynolds, H. H. Wheeler, Don Siegelman as Secretary of State, and O. H. Florence as Jefferson County Probate Judge.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Still, Birmingham, for appellant.

John S. Foster, Birmingham, for appellees.

Charles C. Pinckney, of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee.


SHORES, Justice.

This expedited appeal involves an action for injunctive and declaratory relief against James R. Knight, as chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, by four candidates for the Alabama legislature, each of whom was declared ineligible to run in the Democratic Primary by a subcommittee of the State Democratic Executive Committee. The subcommittee held that each candidate (plaintiff) did not meet the party's one-year residency requirement...

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