John C. Brown v. State of Alabama ex rel. Deanna Ceasor, as informant (Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court…

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama affirmed the judgment declaring Tarrant's ordinance void and holding that Brown did not lawfully hold the city-manager office. The special concurrence explained that the ordinance effectively transferred virtually all executive powers from the elected mayor to the city manager, thereby changing the city's form of government without the petition and referendum procedures required by the Council-Manager Act. A dissent would have dismissed the appeal as moot because the informant moved from Tarrant during the proceedings.