Supreme Court of Alabama

Pinpoint Locating, Inc. v. the Water Works and Gas Board of the City of Red Bay

December 5, 2025

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama reversed a summary judgment entered for the Board in Pinpoint's breach-of-contract action. The Court held that substantial compliance may satisfy the mandatory advertising requirements for public-works contracts and that Pinpoint presented substantial evidence creating a genuine issue of material fact on substantial compliance. The case was remanded for further proceedings.