Supreme Court of Alabama Decisions 2019
Opinions 501 - 608 of 608
Date: March 8, 2019
Docket Number: 1161044
Justia Opinion Summary: Sarah Swindle, Bill Newton, Young Boozer, Philip Cleveland, Susan Williams Brown, Richard Brown, Joe Ward, Luke Hallmark, Susan Lockridge, Russell Twilley, John R. Whaley, Charlene McCoy, C. Ray Hayes, and Donald Large,…
Date: March 8, 2019
Docket Number: 1170705
Justia Opinion Summary: The Wilcox County Board of Education ("the Board"), and Board members Lester Turk, Donald McLeod, Joseph Pettway, Jr., and Shelia Dortch (collectively, "the Board members"), petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a…
Date: March 8, 2019
Docket Numbers: 1170706, 1170724, 1170737
Justia Opinion Summary: Alabama Public Charter School Commission members Mac Buttram, Charles Jackson, Lisa Williams, Melinda McLendon, Terri Tomlinson, Tommy Ledbetter, Melissa Kay McInnis, Chad Fincher, Henry Nelson, and Ibrahim Lee…
Date: March 8, 2019
Docket Number: 1170724
Date: March 8, 2019
Docket Number: 1170727
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, the Marshall County Department of Human Resources (DHR) removed J.J.V. from the custody of mother M.M.T. At that time, the child's father, J.V., was living in Florida, where mother and child resided until mother…
Date: March 8, 2019
Docket Number: 1170737
Date: March 1, 2019
Docket Number: 1170229
Date: March 1, 2019
Docket Number: 1170282
Justia Opinion Summary: Merchants FoodService ("Merchants") appealed a final judgment entered by the Mobile Circuit Court following a jury verdict in a retaliatory-discharge action filed by Denny Rice. The Alabama Supreme Court determined the…
Date: March 1, 2019
Docket Number: 1170982
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondents, Sharron Stevens and Tim Stevens, sued petitioners, Leon Wilson, in his official capacity as the former president of Alabama State University, and Quinton Ross, in his official capacity as the current…
Date: March 1, 2019
Docket Number: 1171171
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Alvin and Diane Bhones sought a writ of mandamus to direct the circuit court to vacate its order setting aside a default judgment entered in their favor against Travis Peete and Beech Brook Companies, LLC. In…
Date: March 1, 2019
Docket Number: 1180104
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Tim Seriana sought mandamus relief to order the circuit court reverse its grant of a motion for change of venue filed by Joe Stevens, LLC. In 2015, Seriana and his wife, Karen, sued Joe Todd Stevens (and his…
Date: March 1, 2019
Docket Number: 1180144
Justia Opinion Summary: International Paper Company and three of its employees (collectively, "IPC") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Wilcox Circuit Court to vacate its order denying IPC's motion to…
Date: February 22, 2019
Docket Number: 1170768
Date: February 22, 2019
Docket Number: 1171130
Date: February 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1170512
Justia Opinion Summary: Hinkle Metals & Supply Company, Inc. ("Hinkle") was in the business of selling heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning supplies and equipment. Gabriel Butterfield was employed as a branch manager at Hinkle's Pelham…
Date: February 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1170656
Date: February 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1170684
Date: February 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1171031
Justia Opinion Summary: Clifford Wright ("Wright"), the administrator of the estate of Mary Evelyn Wright ("Mary") appealed a summary judgment entered in favor of Dawn Reid, Phyllis Harris, and Tuwanda Worrills (collectively referred to as "the…
Date: February 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1171167
Justia Opinion Summary: SE Property Holdings, LLC ("SEPH") appealed the grant of summary judgment entered in favor of Bank of Franklin ("BOF") on BOF's claim demanding specific performance of a contractual provision. In March 2005, Vision Bank,…
Date: February 15, 2019
Docket Number: 1171195
Date: January 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1150377
Date: January 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1160731
Date: January 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1160815
Date: January 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1160958
Date: January 11, 2019
Docket Numbers: 1170222, 1170223
Justia Opinion Summary: The Alabama Surface Mining Commission ("the Commission") and Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. ("Black Warrior"), separately petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Jefferson Circuit Court to…
Date: January 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1170257
Date: January 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1170515
Date: January 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1170567
Date: January 11, 2019
Docket Number: 1171025
Justia Opinion Summary: Aaron Smith, an officer employed by the City of Montgomery Police Department, petitions the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct the Montgomery Circuit Court to vacate its order denying Smith immunity…
Date: January 4, 2019
Docket Number: 1160762
Justia Opinion Summary: The Alabama Supreme Court granted certiorari in this case to review the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion reversing in part the Dale Circuit Court's order granting Emanuel Gissendanner, Jr. a new trial based on…
Date: January 4, 2019
Docket Number: 1170271
Date: January 4, 2019
Docket Number: 1170623
Justia Opinion Summary: Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. ("MBUSI"), petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for mandamus relief, ordering the circuit court to vacate an order denying change of venue from Jefferson County to Tuscaloosa.…
Date: January 4, 2019
Docket Number: 1170657
Date: January 4, 2019
Docket Number: 1180128
Date: January 4, 2019
Docket Number: 1180129
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