Birmingham loses federal lawsuit over water board changes

The ruling

The City of Birmingham lost a federal lawsuit seeking to reverse the restructuring of its water board. The case challenged changes to the board’s structure, but the city did not win the reversal it sought.

The result means the restructuring was not undone through this lawsuit. The outcome concerns the city’s effort to change the water board’s current arrangement through federal court.

What the case changes

The lawsuit’s loss leaves the water board restructuring in place. Birmingham’s legal effort to return the board to an earlier structure did not succeed in federal court.

The decision is limited to the lawsuit described here. It does not, by itself, establish what future legal or administrative steps the city, the water board or other parties may take.

What happens next

The next developments will depend on whether Birmingham or another party pursues an additional legal step and how the water board operates under the restructured arrangement. No such next step is identified here.

AL.com reported on the lawsuit and its outcome.