E-Filed 08/07/2013 @ 12:15:19 PM Honorable Julia Jordan Weller Clerk Of The Court

C a s e No.

1120465

IN

THE SUPREME COURT OF A L A B A M A

HUGH M C I N N I S H ,

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Appellants, v. BETH CHAPMAN, i n h e r c a p a c i t y Appellee. as S e c r e t a r y of State,

ON A P P E A L FROM THE C I R C U I T COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA CV 2013-1053

AMICUS B R I E F Leave granted brief to

OF THE ALABAMMA R E P U B L I C A N A S S E M B L Y file this amicus court, brief having been

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