RILEY v. KENNEDY

1050087.

928 So.2d 1013 (2005)

Bob RILEY, as Governor of Alabama v. Yvonne KENNEDY et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Troy King, atty. gen., Kevin C. Newsom, deputy atty. gen., and John J. Park, Jr., and Charles B. Campbell, asst. attys. gen., for appellant.

J. Cecil Gardner of Gardner, Middlebrooks, Gibbons, Kittrell, Olsen, Walker & Hill, P.C., Mobile; and James H. Anderson of Beers, Anderson, Jackson, Patty & Van Heest, P.C., Montgomery, for appellees.


STUART, Justice.

Bob Riley, in his official capacity as Governor of Alabama, appeals a judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court holding that a vacancy on the Mobile County Commission should be filled by a special election. We reverse and remand.

Facts

In an election held on September 13, 2005, Sam Jones, the county commissioner for district 1, Mobile County Commission, was elected to the office of mayor of the City of Mobile. On September...

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