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EX PARTE ALABAMA SENATE

84-378, 84-383.

466 So.2d 914 (1985)

Ex parte The ALABAMA SENATE, The Alabama House of Representatives, and Bill Baxley, Individually, and as Lieutenant Governor. (In re Jim ZEIGLER v. Bill BAXLEY, etc., et al.) The ALABAMA SENATE, The Alabama House of Representatives and Bill Baxley, Individually, and as Lieutenant Governor v. Jim ZEIGLER.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oakley Melton, Jr. and Les Hayes III of Melton & Espy, Montgomery, for appellant/petitioner.

Jerry L. Carpenter of Zeigler & Carpenter, Montgomery, for appellees/respondents.

Rehearing Denied in 84-383 March 8, 1985.

MADDOX, Justice.

The primary issue in this case is the power of the Alabama legislature to authorize the payment to its members of an expense allowance during a recess of a special session of the legislature.

This case was commenced in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, on December 27, 1984, when the plaintiff, Jim Zeigler, filed a complaint against various state officials. The complaint, as finally...

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