State Hwy. Dept. v. HEADRICK OUTDOOR ADV.

The State of Alabama Highway Department ("the Department") filed a declaratory judgment action against Headrick Outdoor Advertising, Inc. ("Headrick"), seeking, among other things, a judgment declaring that two outdoor advertising signs owned by Headrick had been erected, and were being maintained, in an area zoned for agricultural use and in violation of the State Highway Beautification Act — Outdoor Advertising ("the State Act"), Ala. Code 1975, §§ 23-1-270 through 23-1-288, and a mandatory injunction ordering Headrick to remove the signs. Headrick answered, asserting the defenses of…