Drummond Co. v. Alabama Department of Transportation

PARKER, Justice.1

The State of Alabama petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Charles Price of the Montgomery Circuit Court to dismiss the inverse-condemnation claim of Drummond Company, Inc., and Cedrum Land Company, LLP, against the Alabama Department of Transportation (“ADOT”) based on the constitutional immunity of the State of Alabama from being sued.

I. Background

Drummond Company, Inc., and Cedrum Land Company, LLP, filed an inverse-condemnation action against ADOT, alleging the taking of mineral rights in land parcels acquired to complete the “Corridor X” highway…