Mead Corp. v. City of Birmingham

This case has had a long and tortuous journey, the facts of which are fully set out in the trial judge's decree, which follows:

"JUDGMENT AND FINAL DECREE

I

Introduction

"This action was commenced by The Mead Corporation (hereinafter `plaintiff' or `Mead') on February 17, 1975, against The City of Birmingham, a municipal corporation (hereinafter `defendant' or `Birmingham') and other defendants in order to contest the legality of a proposed annexation by defendant of certain territory lying in the Oxmoor Valley section of southwestern Jefferson County (hereinafter the annexation by Birmingham is…