Court Opinion

ID: 9932293
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 18:40:33.438146+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:49:15.969555
License: Public Domain

This Court has this day held that § 6-11-21, Ala. Code 1975, violates the right to a trial by jury as guaranteed by § 11 of the Constitution of Alabama. Henderson v. Alabama Power Co.,627 So.2d 878 (Ala. 1993). Therefore, the Court declines to answer the question certified to it by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
QUESTION DECLINED.
ALMON, SHORES, KENNEDY and INGRAM, JJ., concur.
MADDOX, HOUSTON and STEAGALL, JJ., dissent.
HORNSBY, C.J., recused.