Henri-Duval Winery, LLC v. Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

I concur in the affirmance of the trial court’s judgment on remand in this case, see Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board v. Henri-Duval Winery, L.L.C., 890 So.2d 70 (Ala.2004), except to the extent that the trial court determined that Henri-Duval Winery, L.L.C., has not been a “prevailing party” for purposes of recovering *1150an attorney fee pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. See, e.g., Grier v. Goetz, 421 F.Supp.2d 1061, 1068-69 (M.D.Tenn.2006) (discussing relevant United States Supreme Court precedents); James v. Alabama Coal, for Equity, Inc., 713 So.2d 937, 947 (Ala.1997) (quoting Texas State…