Supreme Court of Alabama Decisions 2024
Date: May 3, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2022-0515, SC-2022-0579
Date: May 3, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0945
Justia Opinion Summary: In November 2015, Raymond Shane Greene was convicted of rape, sodomy, and sexual abuse of a child under 12 years of age. The trial court sentenced Greene to life imprisonment for the rape conviction, 99 years'…
Date: April 26, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0741, SC-2024-0141
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Carl Michael Seibert who appealed a summary judgment by the Madison Circuit Court in favor of Lorri Stricklen and Zoe Aldige. Seibert had filed claims of malicious prosecution and abuse of process…
Date: April 19, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0392
Date: April 19, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0052, SC-2023-0735
Date: April 19, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0313, SC-2023-0314, SC-2023-0315, SC-2023-0316, SC-2023-0317, SC-2023-0318, SC-2023-0319, SC-2023-0320, SC-2023-0827
Justia Opinion Summary: The State of Alabama initiated 14 separate actions against various businesses, nonprofit organizations, property owners, and municipalities, alleging that they were responsible for the operation of illegal gambling…
Date: April 19, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0464, SC-2023-0869
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves siblings Kim J. Washington and Katrina J. Williams who filed a lawsuit against their brother Elrick Earl Johnson seeking to partition a jointly owned real property. The property in question is "heirs…
Date: April 12, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0520, SC-2023-0572
Date: April 12, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0586
Date: April 12, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2024-0039
Date: April 12, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0384, SC-2023-0801, SC-2024-0024, SC-2024-0042
Date: April 12, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0221, SC-2023-0381, SC-2023-0414, SC-2024-0040, SC-2024-0090
Date: April 12, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2024-0070, SC-2024-0127, SC-2024-0139
Date: April 12, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0385, SC-2023-0761, SC-2023-0768, SC-2023-0946, SC-2024-0132, SC-2024-0140
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves a dispute over church property between Harvest Church-Dothan ("Harvest") and the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. ("the AWFC") and the General Council on Finance and…
Date: April 12, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0637, SC-2023-0839, SC-2024-0164, SC-2024-0167
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a dispute between the City of Gulf Shores and Coyote Beach Sports, LLC. The city passed a municipal ordinance regulating the motor-scooter-rental business, which required renters to possess a…
Date: April 12, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0394, SC-2024-0004, SC-2024-0087, SC-2024-0104, SC-2024-0137, SC-2024-0161, SC-2024-0176
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves a dispute among Players Recreation Group, LLC, an Alabama limited-liability company, three of its members, Jason L. McCarty, Felix McCarty, and Doyle Sadler, and S&M Associates, Inc., a company owned…
Date: April 5, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0158
Date: April 5, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0454
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Alabama Relocation Services, Inc. ("ARS") and Patricia Buchannan, who filed a complaint against COWS USA, LLC ("COWS"), Trailpods Acceptance Corporation ("Trailpods"), Michael Frank, Ana Frank, and…
Date: April 5, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0528
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a car accident that occurred on February 6, 2016, involving Melissa A. Keller and her daughter, Caroline Keller, who were insured by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. The Kellers…
Date: April 5, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0815, SC-2023-0481
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves a property dispute between two neighboring condominium associations, Phoenix East Association, Inc. ("Phoenix East") and Perdido Dunes Tower Condominium Association, Inc., a Master Association…
Date: March 29, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0259
Justia Opinion Summary: In November 2020, Nicholas Douglas was elected to the office of constable of Sumter County. In February 2021, Gregory S. Griggers, the district attorney for the 17th Judicial Circuit, filed a petition for the writ of quo…
Date: March 29, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0476
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, an automobile repair technician, Donijah Virgo, was injured when his stalled vehicle was hit by a car driven by Heather Michelle Roberts while he was attempting to push it across a road. Virgo sued Roberts…
Date: March 29, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0627, SC-2023-0628
Date: March 29, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0806
Date: March 29, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0815, SC-2023-0481
Date: March 22, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2022-0881, SC-2023-0159, SC-2023-0058, SC-2023-0210, SC-2023-0312
Date: March 22, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0365, SC-2023-0398
Justia Opinion Summary: The dispute involves a disagreement between two brothers, Brian and William "Bill" Bento, over the distribution of the assets and liabilities of their joint business, Bento Construction, LLC, following its dissolution.…
Date: March 22, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0445, SC-2023-0461
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Charles Crowder bought a property owned by Delores Blevins at a tax sale. After the purchase, Crowder took possession of the property and made improvements. Subsequently, Blevins sought to redeem the…
Date: March 22, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0497
Date: March 22, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0825
Date: March 22, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0183, SC-2023-0184, SC-2023-0433, SC-2023-0492, SC-2023-0549, SC-2023-0612, SC-2023-0955
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Alabama ruled in a case concerning a dispute over the amount of ad valorem taxes owed by Indorama Ventures Xylenes & PTA, LLC for the personal property at a petrochemical plant that it owns in Morgan…
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0150, SC-2023-0667
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0256, SC-2023-0330, SC-2023-0726
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0440, SC-2023-0778, SC-2023-0794, SC-2023-0644
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0285, SC-2023-0886, SC-2023-0930
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2022-0980, SC-2022-1055, SC-2023-0412, SC-2023-0568, SC-2023-0924, SC-2024-0023
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0829, SC-2024-0058, SC-2024-0063
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0776, SC-2024-0038, SC-2024-0072
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0544, SC-2023-0890, SC-2024-0074
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0893, SC-2023-0910, SC-2023-0915, SC-2024-0019, SC-2024-0043, SC-2024-0079
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2024-0055, SC-2024-0102
Date: March 8, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0132
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Alabama has reversed a lower court's decision in a case involving claims of defamation, invasion of privacy, and violation of the Alabama Right of Publicity Act. The lawsuit was filed by Jennifer…
Date: March 8, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0496
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute regarding the office of constable for the District 59 election precinct in Jefferson County, Alabama. Frederick Burkes, Sr. won the 2020 Democratic party primary for the office and was…
Date: March 8, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0550
Date: March 8, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0635
Date: March 8, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0789
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0642
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0867
Date: February 23, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2022-0741, SC-2022-1013, SC-2023-0015, SC-2023-0020
Date: February 23, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0530
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Fred Zackery sought access to confidential settlement agreements between the Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Gadsden ("the Board") and various carpet and chemical manufacturers. Zackery requested…
Date: February 23, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0692
Date: February 16, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2022-0515, SC-2022-0579
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of Alabama ruled that under Alabama's Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, the definition of a "child" includes those who are unborn, regardless of their location (either inside or outside a…
Date: February 16, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0520, SC-2023-0572
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case from the Supreme Court of Alabama, the court held that the Majestic Mississippi, LLC ("Majestic") and Linda Parks did not owe any duty of care to the passengers on a charter bus that crashed en route to…
Date: February 16, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0170, SC-2023-0842
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2022-0863
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the Supreme Court of Alabama, David and Anna Roberson appealed from an order by the Jefferson Circuit Court that dismissed their indemnification claim against Drummond Company, Inc. ("Drummond").…
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2022-0728, SC-2023-0371, SC-2023-0507
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0249, SC-2023-0832
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0681, SC-2023-0835, SC-2023-0849, SC-2023-0888
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0962
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0659, SC-2023-0947, SC-2023-0953, SC-2023-0964
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0932, SC-2023-0950, SC-2023-0971
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0070, SC-2023-0103, SC-2023-0929, SC-2023-0970, SC-2024-0001
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0290, SC-2023-0387, SC-2023-0764, SC-2023-0875, SC-2023-0954, SC-2024-0010
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0644, SC-2023-0926, SC-2023-0956, SC-2024-0030
Date: January 26, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0395, SC-2023-0874
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Alabama granted a writ of mandamus to Triad of Alabama, LLC, doing business as Flowers Hospital, in a personal-injury lawsuit filed by Voncille and Don Askew. The Askews sued Triad after Voncille…
Date: January 19, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0093
Date: January 19, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0201
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the Supreme Court of Alabama, Emma Louie, Garry Rice, and Toice Goodson, employees of the Greene County Board of Education, sought a writ of mandamus directing the Greene Circuit Court to enter a…
Date: January 19, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0410
Justia Opinion Summary: In November 2015, Joseph H. Reeves contracted with Wilson Floor & Wallcovering, Inc. ("Wilson Floor") and its owner, Tom Wilson, to replace the wood flooring in his home. After the work was completed, Reeves found the…
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0237
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involved an appeal by John William Riley against a judgment by the Autauga Circuit Court, Alabama. The judgment declared that Kenneth R. Boles had an easement by prescription across a road on Riley's property.…
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0278
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Richard Mullen and Cheryl Mullen petitioned the Supreme Court of Alabama for a writ of mandamus to direct the Jefferson Circuit Court to transfer their case to the Walker Circuit Court. The case at hand…
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0355, SC-2023-0715
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0397, SC-2023-0717, SC-2023-0721, SC-2023-0722
Justia Opinion Summary: In Alabama, RAM-Robertsdale Subdivision Partners, LLC contracted Construction Services LLC, d/b/a MCA Construction, Inc. ("MCA") to build infrastructure for a proposed housing subdivision. The relationship between the…
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2023-0934
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Number: SC-2022-0889
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0133, SC-2023-0672, SC-2023-0730
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0006, SC-2023-0367, SC-2023-0698, SC-2023-0731, SC-2023-0457
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0732, SC-2023-0791, SC-2023-0824
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0685, SC-2023-0719, SC-2023-0745, SC-2023-0834
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0862, SC-2023-0863, SC-2023-0864, SC-2023-0865
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0232, SC-2023-0709, SC-2023-0716, SC-2023-0792, SC-2023-0870, SC-2023-0878
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0744, SC-2023-0833, SC-2023-0885
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0450, SC-2023-0805, SC-2023-0857, SC-2023-0858, SC-2023-0887
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0852, SC-2023-0856, SC-2023-0889
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Numbers: SC-2023-0157, SC-2023-0188, SC-2023-0831, SC-2023-0845, SC-2023-0846, SC-2023-0847, SC-2023-0848, SC-2023-0859, SC-2023-0892
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