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  Elizabeth C. Wible

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   Ms. Wible is Of Counsel with the firm and practices in areas of local Government Defense; Civil Rights and Discrimination Defense; and Civil Appeals. She is a member of the Montgomery County Bar Association, Grievance Committee (2001).

   Ms. Wible attended Auburn University (B.S 1988), Cumberland School of Law and Samford University where she received her J.D. in 1992. She was Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review (1991-1992) and Staff Member (1990-1991). She authored Casenote, CIVIL PROCEDURE--TRANSIENT JURISDICTION--The Supreme Court Returns to the Jurisdictional Philosphy of Pennoyer v. Neff. Burnham v. Superior Court of California, 110 S. Ct. 2105 (1990), 21 Cumb. L. Rev. 337 (1990-1991). Also, authored Church/State: Survey of Decisions, Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971), 22 Cumb. L. Rev. 885 (1991-1992).

   Ms. Wible was admitted to the Alabama State Bar - 1992; U.S. Court of Appeals for Eleventh Judicial Circuit - 1994; U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama - 1995; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama - 2001. She served as law clerk for former Chief Justice Sonny Hornsby, Alabama Supreme Court, 1992-1993; and for Judge Ed Carnes, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 1993-1994.

Reported cases and rulings include:

  • Ellison v. City of Montgomery, 85 F. Supp.2d 1178 (M.D.Ala.1999) (police shooting). 
  • Thornton v. City of Montgomery, 78 F. Supp.2d 1218 (M.D.Ala.1999), aff'd 228 F.3d 415 (11th Cir. Ala. 2000) (jail death). 
  • Cremeens v. City of Montgomery, 54 F. Supp.2d 1249 (M.D.Ala.1999) (ancillary jurisdiction). 
  • Calvin Williams v. City of Montgomery, 48 F.Supp.2d 1317 (M.D.Ala.), aff'd 200 F.3d 821 (11th Cir. 1999) (equal treatment in provision of police services). 
  • Copperfield Apts. v. City of Montgomery, 934 F. Supp. 1335 (M.D. Ala. 1996) (validity of planning commission decision challenged for abuse of discretion).
  • Brook v. City of Montgomery, 916 F. Supp. 1193 (M.D.Ala. 1996) (age discrimination). 
  • Missildine v. City of Montgomery, 907 F. Supp. 1501 (M.D.Ala. 1995) (survival of action and right to family association). 
  • Ex parte Rucker (Rucker v. Morgan), 702 So. 2d 456 (Ala. 1997) (testamentary disposition vs. deed). 
  • City of Montgomery v. Norman, 1999 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 220 (Nov. 19, 1999) (constitutionality of municipal weed ordinance challenged for vagueness and overbreadth).
  • Alonzo Williams v. City of Montgomery, 739 So. 2d 515 (Ala. Civ. App. 1999) (constitutionality of municipal policy require cash bail on capias warrants). 
  • Benton v. Winn-Dixie Montgomery, 705 So. 2d 495 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997) (workmen's compensation).

 

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