Baldwin County, Ala. v. Purcell Corporation

MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

This controversy seeks determination of county or corporate ownership of Valentine Island in Baldwin County, Alabama. Based upon its interpretation and relation of two agreements, the district court granted the corporation’s summary judgment motion, maintaining corporate ownership of the island. Although based on different reasoning, we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Defendant-appellee Purcell Corporation (Purcell), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi,…