Section 12-1-4 Transfer of cases improperly submitted to Supreme Court or courts of appeals. When any case is submitted to the Supreme Court which should have gone to one of the courts of appeals or is submitted to one court of appeals when it should have gone to the other, it must not be dismissed […]
Section 12-1-5 Procedure when bill to increase or decrease number of judges or change boundaries of circuit or district introduced in Legislature. Pursuant to the constitutional requirement that the Supreme Court must, within three weeks after a bill is introduced at any session of the Legislature to increase or decrease the number of circuit or […]
Section 12-1-6 Procedure when local legislation affecting judiciary introduced in Legislature. Whenever any bill is introduced in any session of the Legislature which pertains to the judiciary, which bill calls for local or less than statewide application, the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate shall immediately deliver a certified […]
Section 12-1-6.1 Briefs and amicus curiae by certain legislative parties authorized in appellate cases. (a) Notwithstanding Section 12-1-1, or any other provision of this title, or any rule of the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Chairs of the House or Senate […]
Section 12-1-7 Powers of courts as to preservation of order, enforcement of judgments, etc., generally. Every court shall have power: (1) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence and as near thereto as is necessary to prevent interruption, disturbance or hindrance to its proceedings; (2) To enforce order before a person or body […]
Section 12-1-8 Cases in which courts may issue attachments and inflict summary punishment for contempt. The powers of the several courts in this state to issue attachments and inflict summary punishment for contempts shall not extend to any other cases than: (1) Disrespectful, contemptuous or insolent behavior in court, tending in any way to diminish […]
Section 12-1-9 Conduct of inquiries, etc., as to violations of Section 12-1-8 and punishment of offenders. The judges of the several courts of this state, whenever they deem it proper or necessary, shall inquire and examine the parties, witnesses, jurors or third parties as to whether or not any of the provisions of Section 12-1-8 […]
