Henri-Duval Winery, LLC v. Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

Supreme Court of Alabama
Henri-Duval Winery, LLC v. Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, 26 So. 3d 1149 (Ala. 2009)
2009 Ala. LEXIS 84; 2009 WL 1164969
Bolin, Stuart, Smith, Parker, Shaw, Lyons, Woodall, Murdock, Cobb

Henri-Duval Winery, LLC v. Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

Opinion of the Court

BOLIN, Justice.

AFFIRMED. NO OPINION.

See Rule 53(a)(1) and (a)(2)(F), Ala. R.App. P.

STUART, SMITH, PARKER, and SHAW, JJ., concur. LYONS, WOODALL, and MURDOCK, JJ., concur in part and dissent in part. COBB, C.J., recuses herself.

Concurring in Part

LYONS, Justice

(concurring in part and dissenting in part).

I concur in the affirmance of the trial court’s judgment in this case in all respects except for the affirmance of the trial court’s disallowance of an attorney fee for Henri-Duval Winery, L.L.C. As to this issue, I join Justice Murdock’s special writing.

Concurring in Part

MURDOCK, Justice

(concurring in part and dissenting in part).

I concur in the affirmance of the trial court’s judgment on remand in this case, see Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board v. Henri-Duval Winery, L.L.C., 890 So.2d 70 (Ala. 2004), except to the extent that the trial court determined that Henri-Duval Winery, L.L.C., has not been a “prevailing party” for purposes of recovering *1150an attorney fee pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. See, e.g., Grier v. Goetz, 421 F.Supp.2d 1061, 1068-69 (M.D.Tenn. 2006) (discussing relevant United States Supreme Court precedents); James v. Alabama Coal, for Equity, Inc., 713 So.2d 937, 947 (Ala. 1997) (quoting Texas State Teachers’ Ass’n v. Garland Indep. Sch. Dist., 489 U.S. 782, 789, 109 S.Ct. 1486, 103 L.Ed.2d 866 (1989)).

LYONS and WOODALL, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
HENRI-DUVAL WINERY, L.L.C. v. ALABAMA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL BOARD
Status
Published