Birmingham City Board of Education v. Hawkins

Supreme Court of Alabama
Birmingham City Board of Education v. Hawkins, 48 So. 3d 646 (Ala. 2010)
2010 Ala. LEXIS 76; 2010 WL 1837806
Lyons, Woodall, Stuart, Smith, Bolin, Parker, Shaw, Cobb, Murdock

Birmingham City Board of Education v. Hawkins

Opinion of the Court

LYONS, Justice.

The petition for the writ of certiorari is denied. See Rule 39(d)(3), Ala. R.App. P.

In denying the petition for the writ of certiorari, this Court does not wish to be understood as approving all the language, reasons, or statements of law in the Court of Civil Appeals’ opinion. Horsley v. Horsley, 291 Ala. 782, 280 So.2d 155 (1973).

WRIT DENIED.

WOODALL, STUART, SMITH, BOLIN, PARKER, and SHAW, JJ., concur. COBB, C.J., and MURDOCK, J., dissent.

Dissenting Opinion

COBB, Chief Justice

(dissenting).

Although the petitioner in this case filed its petition in the form of a brief rather than by explicitly following the form specified by Rule 39, Ala. R.App. P., I believe the legal arguments and analysis in that brief were in substantial compliance with Rule 39. Under these circumstances, I conclude that the petitioner presented sufficient indicia of merit to support granting this petition. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.

MURDOCK, J., concurs.

Reference

Full Case Name
Ex Parte Birmingham City Board of Education. (In Re Birmingham City Board of Education v. Carla Hawkins).
Status
Published