Ex Parte Town of Lowndesboro

The plaintiffs below, the Town of Lowndesboro and Lee Frazer (hereinafter "the petitioners"), were awarded "interim" attorney fees and expenses in their declaratory-judgment action against the Alabama Department of Environmental Management ("ADEM"). The petitioners' declaratory-judgment action arose out of ADEM's approval of the construction of a landfill in Lowndes County. ADEM appealed the trial court's order, and the Court of Civil Appeals reversed the trial court's decision. Lowndesboro and Frazer then petitioned this Court for certiorari review. We granted the petition, and we now affirm…