Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 37-6-1 (2026)
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) PERSON. Such term includes any natural person, firm, association, corporation, business trust partnership, federal agency, state, or political subdivision or agency thereof, or any body politic.
(2) MEMBER. Each incorporator of a cooperative and each person admitted to and retaining membership therein, including a husband and wife admitted to joint membership.
(Acts 1939, No. 231, p. 371; Code 1940, T. 18, §31.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2021 · leading case: Pamela Caver v. Cent. Alabama Elec. Coop., 845 F.3d 1135 (11th Cir. 2017).
Pamela Caver v. Cent. Alabama Elec. Coop., 845 F.3d 1135 (11th Cir. 2017). “Alabama Code § 37-6-1, et seq. Alabama state law authorizes the creation of rural electric distribution cooperatives, such as Defendant CAEC, and regulates them.”
S. Pine Elec. Co-op. v. Burch, 878 So. 2d 1120 (Ala. 2003). “Code 1975, § 37-6-2, "organized under [Ala.Code 1975, §§ 37-6-1 to -49,] for the purpose of supplying electric energy and promoting and extending the use thereof.”
Baldwin Cnty. Elec. Membership Corp. v. Lee, 804 So. 2d 1087 (Ala. 2001). “, except to the extent, if any, that any provision of [that Act] is inconsistent with [Ala.Code 1975, § 37-6-1 et seq. ] specifically applicable to [electrical cooperatives].”
Sparks v. Cullman Elec. Coop., 173 F. Supp. 3d 1249 (N.D. Ala. 2016). “As to the breach of contract claims, the plaintiffs contend that by violating Alabama Code § 376-20, the electric cooperatives have breached their contracts with the plaintiffs, which incorporate the statutory obligations of Alabama Code § 37-6-1, et seq. (Dóc. 1-1, ¶ 31-36).”
Est. of Steward v. McCay, 173 F. Supp. 3d 1238 (N.D. Ala. 2016). “1-1 at 4-5, 8. Plaintiffs have brought this action alleging that JWEMC has failed to properly refund patronage capital in the form of reduced rates or “patronage credits” under Ala.”
Cullman Elec. Coop. v. City of Cullman, 576 F. Supp. 3d 942 (N.D. Ala. 2021). “All power distributed by Cullman Electric is acquired from TVA, which sets the rates that Cullman Electric may charge its members for electricity, and exercises control over, inter alia, the uses that Cullman Electric may make of the revenue derived from power distribution, the…”
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