Title: City of Piedmont v. Evans

State: alabama

Issuer: Alabama Supreme Court

Document:

642 So. 2d 435 (1994)
CITY OF PIEDMONT, Alabama
v.
Jimmy EVANS, in his official capacity of Attorney General for the State of Alabama; et al.
1930640.

Supreme Court of Alabama.
May 20, 1994.
Ronald L. Allen of Merrill, Merrill, Mathews & Allen, Anniston, for appellant.
James H. Evans, Atty. Gen., Angela C. Turner, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carol Jean Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Joseph H. Hubbard, Dist. Atty., Anniston, for appellees.
STEAGALL, Justice.
The City of Piedmont brought this declaratory action against Joseph D. Hubbard, in his official capacity as district attorney for the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Alabama, seeking a ruling on the constitutionality of Piedmont City Ordinance No. 413, which allows certain nonprofit organizations to operate "instant bingo" games as fundraisers. Following a hearing, the trial court entered an order declaring that instant bingo was an illegal lottery and that Piedmont City Ordinance No. 413 was unconstitutional. The City appealed.
*436 In its declaratory judgment order, the trial court stated, in pertinent part:
We agree with the trial court's declaratory judgment order and hereby adopt that portion of it quoted above as part of the opinion of this Court.
AFFIRMED.
HORNSBY, C.J., and MADDOX, SHORES and INGRAM, JJ., concur.