JAMES v. LANGFORD

1960728, 1960797.

695 So.2d 1158 (1997)

Governor Fob JAMES, et al. v. Charles LANGFORD, et al. Charles LANGFORD, et al. v. Governor Fob JAMES, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Concurring Opinion May 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Champ Lyons, Jr., of Helmsing, Lyons, Sims & Leach, Mobile; and William P. Gray, Jr., Legal Advisor to the Governor, for Governor Fob James, Jr.

Robert A. Huffaker of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., for Phil Richardson.

David H. Marsh, Birmingham, for Albert McDonald.

Phillip E. Adams, Jr., of Walker, Hill, Adams, Umbach, Meadows & Walton, Opelika; William J. Baxley and Joel E. Dillard of Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin & McKnight, Birmingham; and George L. Beck, Jr., of Beck & Byrne, P.C., Montgomery, for Charles Langford, Robert Lowder, and James T. Tatum.

Joe Espy III of Melton, Espy, Williams & Hayes, P.C., Montgomery; and Robert D. Segall of Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A., Montgomery, for Michael Figures (now deceased), W. H. Lindsey, and Hinton Mitchem, individually and in their official capacities as members of the Alabama Senate.


Concurring Opinion of Justice Houston, May 16, 1997.

HOUSTON, Justice.

These appeals involve the trustees of Auburn University and the power of the executive and legislative branches of state government.

Governor Fob James, Phil Richardson, and Albert McDonald appeal from the trial court's order declaring that Richardson and McDonald are not trustees of Auburn University representing what were formerly the second and eighth Congressional Districts...

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