City of Birmingham v. Long

We set out only so much of the facts as are pertinent to the single dispositive issue — whether the execution of a contract between the parties, whose specifications are changed to conform to an injunction issued by the circuit court, renders moot the appeal challenging the circuit court's order granting the injunction?

The City of Birmingham, on February 12, 1976, issued an invitation for bids for the 1976 wrecker service contract. The contract specified that the bids would be open for a period of two weeks. On February 24, 1976, two days before the deadline expired, Charles Long and Wayne…