Ex Parte Town of Lowndesboro

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• noting that, even if raised by the parties, a jurisdictional issue \not decided by the courts and made part of the opinion of the case\ has no precedential effect
• explaining why prior decisions failing to recognize that an attorney-fee award against the State is barred by § 14 cannot be deemed as precedent allowing such awards, namely because the issue was \not decided by the courts and made part of the opinion of the case\
• Section 14 precludes an award of an attorney fee in a declaratory-judgment action against a state agency or department
• Section 14 precludes an award of an attorney fee in a declaratory-judgment action against a state agency or department
• “When an action is one against the State or a State agency, § 14 [of the Alabama Constitution] wholly removes subject-matter jurisdiction from the courts.”
• Even if raised by the parties, a jurisdictional issue \not decided by the courts and made part of the opinion of the case\ has no precedential effect.

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