Blankenship v. City of Hoover

The plaintiffs, Kay Blankenship, Ann Marich, and Martha Stone, sued the City of Hoover, Alabama ("Hoover"), and Richard Smith, its finance director and custodian of records ("the finance director"), seeking a preliminary injunction; an order requiring Hoover "to produce [various] requested [public records and] documents for inspection and copying at a time and place convenient for Plaintiffs"; and a permanent injunction enjoining Hoover from "refusing to make its records available to citizens [of Hoover] for inspection and copying upon request" and from "ever again requiring [plaintiffs…