Glenn Pennick v. City of Florala, Etc.

This case involves a challenge to the installation and operation of a sanitary landfill in the plaintiffs’ neighborhood in Florala, Alabama. The plaintiffs advance an equal protection claim, alleging that the landfill site was selected on the basis of race, and due process claims based on the lack of notice or opportunity to be heard prior to a change in zoning or to the initiation of garbage disposal operations at the landfill. After a trial on the merits, the district court found as a fact that the landfill site was not selected on the basis of race, and he consequently dismissed the equal…