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Coverage of Mobile Circuit Court from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.

Bayou La Batre An empty meeting room with a long board table and chairs, representing a public body's executive session

Judge Voids $4.2 Million Retirement Deal, Finds Bayou La Batre Housing Board Broke Open Meetings Law

James Bullard, July 9, 2026July 14, 2026

A Mobile Circuit judge ruled the Bayou La Batre Housing Authority board violated Alabama’s Open Meetings Act in approving contracts behind closed doors that created a $4.2 million retirement payout for two former executives.

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Appeal Denied for Mobile Man Convicted of Beating Friend to Death With Bat

James Bullard, July 15, 2014July 16, 2026

Alabama’s Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the murder conviction of a Mobile man who killed a former friend with a baseball bat.

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Dark Skies Over the Jail: Herman Thomas Surrenders on a 57-Count Indictment

James Bullard, April 1, 2009

The former Mobile circuit judge surrendered on charges of extortion, kidnapping and sexual abuse involving nine inmates, while his lawyer denounced the case outside the jail as a ‘high tech lynching.’

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