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  • Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. v. TUSCALOOSA CTY.

    994 So. 2d 250 · Supreme Court of Alabama · May 16, 2008

    In General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. … Champion v. McLean , 266 Ala. 103 , 95 So.2d 82 (1957). Certain principles applied in earlier cases, e.g. Connor v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Opinion of the Justices

    624 So. 2d 107 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Apr 27, 1993

    Williams, 161 So. at 507 (emphasis added). [53] See also Brown v. … "What we said 28 years ago in Brown v. Board of Education ... still holds true: 'Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.

    Abrogated by Ex Parte James, 836 So. 2d 813 (2002)Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Weatherly v. Baptist Medical Center

    392 So. 2d 832 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jan 9, 1981

    In Smith v. Wilcox County Board of Education , this Court had an opportunity to address an analogous situation. … Brown v. Thompson , 430 F.2d 1214 (5th Cir. 1970); Durham v. Florida East Coast Ry. Co. , 385 F.2d 366 (5th Cir. 1967).

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Hinton v. Nelms

    13 Ala. 222 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jan 15, 1848

    The same point again came before this court in the subsequent case of Brown v. … In Weir v. Davis & Humphries, 4 Ala. Rep. 442 , the rule laid down in Brown v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Ballards v. State

    767 So. 2d 1123 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 26, 1999

    Brown v. State, 374 So.2d 391 (Ala.Cr.App.), aff'd, 374 So.2d 395 (Ala. 1979). However, although the prosecutor argued facts not in evidence, not every such argument is so prejudicial as to require a reversal. … See Brown v. State, at 396.

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Beasley v. Beasley

    276 Ala. 247 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Feb 13, 1964

    See: Rudicell v. Rudicell, 262 Ala. 41, 44 , 77 So.2d 339 ; Gardner v. Gardner, 248 Ala. 508, 509 , 28 So.2d 559 ; Jeter v. Jeter, 36 Ala. 391 . … See: Tate v. Tate, 274 Ala. 350 , 148 So.2d 627 ; Brown v. Brown, 219 Ala. 104, 105 , 121 So. 386, 387 . Cf. Cox v. Cox, 267 Ala. 72, 74 , 100 So.2d 35 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Anderson v. State

    40 Ala. App. 509 · Alabama Court of Appeals · Nov 10, 1959

    Brown v. Crashaw, 2 Bulstr. 154; Terry v. State, 25 Ala.App. 135 , 148 So. 157 , holds that a pardon will not cut off enquiry as to a witness’s conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude. See also Mason v. … Brown v. Allen (Speller v. Allen, Daniels v. Allen), 1953, 344 U.S. 443 , 73 S.Ct. 397, 417 , 97 L.Ed. 469 . (Habeas corpus denied to examine North Carolina sentences after exhaustion of State procedure.)

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • SOUTHERN PINE ELEC. CO-OP. v. Burch

    878 So. 2d 1120 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Oct 24, 2003

    In that connection, James Brown testified: "Q. [By Burch's counsel:] Mr. Brown, you don't know who [the blonde woman] is; right? "A. [By Brown:] No, sir. I do not. ".... "Q. … Co. v. Brown, 832 So.2d 1 (Ala.2001); see also Cooper Indus., Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., 532 U.S. 424 , 121 S.Ct. 1678 , 149 L.Ed.2d 674 (2001).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Winn-Dixie Montgomery, Inc. v. Stimpson

    574 So. 2d 782 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jan 4, 1991

    The jury returned a $35,000 verdict for Debra Brown, but found in favor of the defendants on Mr. Brown’s loss of consortium claim. No appeal was taken from the judgment entered on that verdict. … Brown’s claims against Winn-Dixie, including a reasonable attorney fee. See Mitchell v. Moore, 406 So.2d 347 (Ala.1981). REVERSED AND REMANDED. HORNSBY, C.J., and SHORES, HOUSTON and KENNEDY, JJ., concur.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Giglio v. Barrett

    207 Ala. 278 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Apr 6, 1922

    Brown, H. P. Burruss, J. It. Hornay and John H. … Co. v. Smith, 175 Ala. 260 , 57 South. 29 ; Herbert v. Board of Education, 197 Ala. 617 , 73 South. 321 ; Borok v. Birmingham, 191 Ala. 75 , 67 South. 389 , Ann. Cas. 1916C, 1061; McCaa v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Jones v. Hamic

    875 F. Supp. 2d 1334 · District Court, M.D. Alabama · Jul 13, 2012

    Maniccia v. Brown, 171 F.3d 1364, 1368 (11th Cir.1999) (citing Kremer v. Chem. Constr. Corp., 456 U.S. 461, 482 , 102 S.Ct. 1883 , 72 L.Ed.2d 262 (1982)); see also Ross v. … Barnes v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Alabama Oxygen Co. v. York International, York Division, Borg-Warner Corp.

    452 So. 2d 860 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jun 15, 1984

    The Supreme Court of the United States entered an order vacating the judgment in this case and remanded the cause to this Court for further consideration in light of Southland Corporation v. … After a thorough consideration of that case, we are of the opinion that the views expressed in the dissenting opinion on original deliverance are consistent with the holding in Southland Corp. v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Alford v. City of Gadsden

    349 So. 2d 1132 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Sep 9, 1977

    See, e. g., City of Montgomery v. Weldon, 280 Ala. 463 , 195 So.2d 110 (1967); Powell v. City of Birmingham, 258 Ala. 159 , 61 So.2d 11 (1952); Brown v. Tuskegee Light & Power Co., 232 Ala. 361 , 168 So. 159 (1936). … City of Leeds v. Town of Moody, 294 Ala. 496 , 319 So.2d 242 (1975). Nor, may the doctrine of estoppel authorize a city to do that which it has no authority to do. Id.; Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County v.

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Bruce v. Cole

    854 So. 2d 47 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jan 24, 2003

    The Board of Director may also choose a Chairman of the Board of Directors, additional Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer. All offices may be held by the same person. ". . . . "21. … Moore, C.J., and Houston, See, Lyons, Brown, Harwood, and Stuart, JJ., concur.

    Cited 85 timesPublished
  • May v. State

    35 Ala. App. 228 · Alabama Court of Appeals · Feb 28, 1950

    Couch et al. v. Hutcherson, 243 Ala. 47 , 8 So.2d 580 , 141 A.L.R. 697 ; Green v. State, 233 Ala. 349 , 171 So. 643 ; Brown v. State, 27 Ala.App. 32 , 165 So. 405 ; Nichols v. … The propriety of the refusal of charge 9 is illustrated in: Griffin v. State, 28 Ala.App. 314 , 184 So. 206 ; Parsons v. State, 32 Ala.App. 266 , 25 So.2d 44 ; Brown v. State, 33 Ala.App. 97 , 31 So.2d 670 ; Hall v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Anthony D. Retic v. Alabama Department of Corrections and Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-191)

    Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 21, 2025

    Retic v. … Alabama Department of Corrections and Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-191) NOTICE You are hereby notified that on March 21, 2025

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Freeman v. Lewis

    251 Ala. 75 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jun 30, 1948

    The bill was filed by appellee against appellant and the Brown Lumber Company. It does not appear that service was had upon Brown Lumber Company. It did not appear. … We do not think the averments of the bill in the instant case bring it within .the rule of Baker v. Farish, supra.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Mayo v. Mayo

    199 Ala. 551 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Apr 5, 1917

    . *552 .Under the authority of Brown v. Brown, 178 Ala. 121 , 59 South. 48 , the record does not show a voluntary abandonment of the husband by the wife. … A. 95; Dabbs v. Dabbs, 196 Ala. 164 , 71 South. 696 ; Gobel v. State, 15 Ala. App. 178 , 72 South. 756 ; 14 Cyc. 611, and authorities there collected.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Monterious Tyler v. Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles and Debra Kizer, Circuit Court Clerk (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-501)

    Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 1, 2024

    ALABAMA COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS November 1, 2024 CR-2024-0353 Monterious Tyler v. … Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles and Debra Kizer, Circuit Court Clerk (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-501) NOTICE You are hereby notified that on November 1, 2024

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Adams v. State

    264 Ala. 654 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Aug 2, 1956

    Section 16, Constitution of Alabama of 1901; § 195, Title 15, Code of *656 1940, Pocket Part as amended; Ex parte McAnally, 53 Ala. 495 ; Benton v. … The evidence indicates that petitioner, having lost $20 at the home of Lee Brown on a Sunday night and while sitting in an automobile 25 or 30 feet from the house, shot Brown, while Brown was standing in his own front door

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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