The Alabama Supreme Court dismissed a Section 1983 unemployment-benefits appeal as moot after the agency resolved the applications and the claimants failed to establish an available remedy for allegedly deficient notices.
The Alabama Supreme Court dismissed an inmate’s appeal, holding that direct claims against state entities were immune and challenges to parole and corrections action belonged in certiorari proceedings reviewed by the criminal appellate court.
The Alabama Supreme Court reversed summary judgment entered five days after filing because the incarcerated plaintiff received neither Rule 56 response time nor notice that the motion was under submission.
The Alabama Supreme Court ordered reconsideration of a murder defendant officer’s pretrial immunity claim under § 13A-3-23 rather than the distinct peace-officer use-of-force statute.
The Alabama Supreme Court held that a party nominee does not exercise public office and cannot be challenged through quo warranto before the general election.
The Alabama Supreme Court reversed. Rule 65(a)(2) allows consolidation of a preliminary-injunction hearing with a merits trial, but the parties must receive clear and timely notice so they can marshal evidence and prepare to litigate final relief. A court cannot apply a provisional-relief standard and then impose an irreversible permanent remedy without that procedural protection.