Brown's Ferry Waste Disposal v. Trent

The Limestone County Commission ("Commission") entered into a contract with Brown's Ferry Waste Disposal Center, Inc. ("Brown's Ferry"), to develop and operate a sanitary landfill in Limestone County for the disposal of solid waste. The Commission did not hold public hearings before entering into that contract, and it did not comply with the Competitive Bid Law. The trial court declared the landfill contract "null and void." The Commission and Brown's Ferry appeal. We affirm.

In 1987, the chairman of the Commission contracted a representative of Waste Away about the possibility of Waste Away's…