John DOBBS and Audrey Dobbs
v.
The SHELBY COUNTY ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY et al.
Dawn Marie Pate and Royce D. Williams
v.
The Industrial Development Board of the City of Trussville et al.
Supreme Court of Alabama.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 5, 1999.
November 5, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Albert L. Jordan and Michael L. Jackson of Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C., Birmingham; and Algert S. Agricola, Jr., of Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C., Montgomery, for appellants John Dobbs and Audrey Dobbs.
J. Michael Rediker, Patricia Diak, and Michael C. Skotnicki of Ritchie & Rediker, L.L.C., Birmingham, for appellants Dawn Marie Pate and Royce D. Williams.
Frank C. Ellis, Jr., of Wallace, Ellis, Fowler & Head, Columbiana, for appellees Shelby County Economic and Industrial Development Authority and its individual directors, Hayden Montgomery, Julia Stewart, Frank Dorrance, Jr., William W. Cooper, Johnny L. Lowe, Stephen R. Chapman, Andrew D. Bussey, Robert A. Doyle, Eric Ellington, David Nolen, and Gail Owen; Shelby County; and the Shelby County Commission.
Martin G. Woosley of Martin, Drummond & Woosley, P.C., Birmingham, for appellee Industrial Development Board of the City of Trussville.
Hugh R. Evans III, Montgomery, for appellees Alabama Ethics Commission and its individual members, Lewis G. Odom, Jr., John H. Watson, Henry B. Gray III, Camille S. Butrus, and Helen Shores Lee.
Bill Pryor, atty. gen.; Ron Bowden, chief counsel, Department of Revenue, and asst. atty. gen.; and David E. Avery III, asst. counsel, Department of Revenue, and asst. atty. gen., for appellee H.E. "Gene" Monroe, Commissioner, Department of Revenue.
Alex B. Leath III of Balch & Bingham, L.L.P., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Economic Development Association of Alabama, Inc., in support of the appellees.
Corrie P. Haanschoten, general counsel, for amicus curiae Alabama Education Association.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
JOHNSTONE, Justice.
In the Shelby County Circuit Court, John Dobbs and Audrey Dobbs filed a complaint for a declaratory judgment. They named as defendants the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue, Shelby County, the Shelby County Commission, the Shelby County Economic and Industrial Development Authority (SCEDA), the directors of SCEIDA, the Alabama Ethics Commission, and the members of the Ethics Commission.1 The Dobbses sought a...
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