Traveka Stanley, Reginald Burrell, Charlie Gray, Jermaine Pringle, and Ranquel Smith v. Kay Ivey

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama held that the Court of Civil Appeals had jurisdiction over the prisoners' appeal because the record did not clearly show that the amount involved exceeded $50,000. It rejected the premise that a constitutional-rights claim inherently exceeds that threshold and held that the Court of Civil Appeals lacked authority to transfer the appeal based on the asserted novelty or statewide importance of the constitutional issue. The appeal was transferred back to the Court of Civil Appeals.