Suit challenging bail bond fees still alive

Rickey Stokes

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Date: Jul 27 2012 12:20 PM

A judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a state law assessing fees for bail bonds, but the plaintiffs hope a second lawsuit fares better.

 

Presiding Circuit Court Judge Charles Price ruled that the original lawsuit improperly named Gov. Robert Bentley as the sole defendant.

 

A second lawsuit already has been filed, but Judge William Shashy declined to rule on it Friday. Judge Tracy McCooey will take up the case Aug. 6.

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