City of Orange Beach v. the Lamar Companies (Appeal from Baldwin Circuit Court: CV-07-900924 and CV-09-901011).

Summary

The Alabama Supreme Court held that the circuit court’s denial of Orange Beach’s motion to enforce the consent decrees was an appealable interlocutory order and that the consent decrees are enforceable contracts requiring removal of Billboard C; it reversed and remanded the lower court’s decision. The court also found Lamar’s selective‑enforcement claims waived by the settlement and that the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to consider Lamar’s new claims without a new action.