Legal Opinion
Save Our Dunes v. ALABAMA DEPT. OF ENV. MGT.
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 22, 1985No. Civ. 4526, Civ. 4722PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On May 17, 1983 and June 14, 1983, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) issued permits for the Perdido Quay and Broadmoor condominium projects respectively. These projects were to be built on Alabama's gulf coast at Perdido Key. ADEM's permit allowed construction one hundred feet from the mean high tide (coastline), and forty feet landward of the primary dune system. It found the primary dune system to be sixty feet from the coastline, and ordered artificial dunes to be constructed to aid the natural dune in reestablishing.
Some background on these permits will be helpful…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Board of Dental Examiners v. KingSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
- Board of Dental Examiners v. KingCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- Little Caesar's, Inc. v. ALA. ALCOHOLIC BEV. CON. BD.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1979
3Cited by3 opinions
- Dawson v. AL. DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL MGMT.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1988
- Shell Offshore, Inc. v. BALDWIN COUNTY COM'NCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1990
- Graves v. Fowl River Protective Ass'nCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1988