Supreme Court of Alabama

The most-cited opinions of the Supreme Court of Alabama on UpLaw — 1,962 decisions from 1830–2013, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

• West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of Florida 1989 Ala. LEXIS 446 · cited by 706
• Cobb v. Malone 92 Ala. 630 · cited by 521
• Ex Parte McLendon 455 So. 2d 863 · cited by 353
• Bass v. SOUTHTRUST BANK OF BALDWIN CTY. 1989 Ala. LEXIS 31 · cited by 343
• McMillan v. Aiken 205 Ala. 35 · cited by 256
• Horsley v. Horsley 291 Ala. 782 · cited by 225
• Ex Parte Cranman 792 So. 2d 392 · cited by 163
• Bussey v. John Deere Co. 531 So. 2d 860 · cited by 160
• Hanners v. Balfour Guthrie, Inc. 564 So. 2d 412 · cited by 155
• IMED Corp. v. Systems Engineering Assoc. 602 So. 2d 344 · cited by 155
• Armstrong v. State 294 Ala. 100 · cited by 153
• Ex Parte Trinity Industries, Inc. 680 So. 2d 262 · cited by 153
• Ex Parte Beasley 564 So. 2d 950 · cited by 142
• Andrews v. Merritt Oil Co., Inc. 1992 Ala. LEXIS 1236 · cited by 139
• Ex Parte United Service Stations, Inc. 1993 Ala. LEXIS 976 · cited by 137
• Cross v. State 68 Ala. 476 · cited by 134
• Ex Parte Branch 526 So. 2d 609 · cited by 133
• Ex Parte Integon Corp. 672 So. 2d 497 · cited by 131
• Ballentyne v. Wickersham 75 Ala. 533 · cited by 130
• Ex Parte Terry 494 So. 2d 628 · cited by 129
• Hodge v. Joy 207 Ala. 198 · cited by 127
• Ex Parte Eastwood Foods, Inc. 1991 Ala. LEXIS 22 · cited by 122
• Edwards v. State 205 Ala. 160 · cited by 121
• Postal Tel. Cable Co. v. Minderhout 195 Ala. 420 · cited by 121
• Ex Parte Butts 775 So. 2d 173 · cited by 119
• Ex Parte Perkins 646 So. 2d 46 · cited by 118
• Ex Parte Bryowsky 1996 Ala. LEXIS 63 · cited by 116
• Nunn v. Baker 518 So. 2d 711 · cited by 115
• Wilson v. Brown 496 So. 2d 756 · cited by 108
• Ex parte Pollard 40 Ala. 77 · cited by 108
• Parsons v. State 81 Ala. 577 · cited by 106
• Hammond v. City of Gadsden 1986 Ala. LEXIS 3644 · cited by 105
• Crawford v. State 112 Ala. 1 · cited by 104
• Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Gonzalez 183 Ala. 273 · cited by 104
• Nance by and Through Nance v. Matthews 622 So. 2d 297 · cited by 104
• Beck v. State 396 So. 2d 645 · cited by 102
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield v. Hodurski 899 So. 2d 949 · cited by 101
• Hackett v. Cash 196 Ala. 403 · cited by 100
• Anderson v. State 209 Ala. 36 · cited by 98
• Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Foshee 125 Ala. 199 · cited by 97
• Green Oil Co. v. Hornsby 539 So. 2d 218 · cited by 96
• State v. Property at 2018 Rainbow Drive 740 So. 2d 1025 · cited by 93
• Hornsby v. State 94 Ala. 55 · cited by 91
• Ex Parte Bayliss 550 So. 2d 986 · cited by 91
• Armstrong v. Montgomery Street Railway Co. 123 Ala. 233 · cited by 91
• Parrish v. State 139 Ala. 16 · cited by 90
• South & North Ala. Railroad v. McLendon 63 Ala. 266 · cited by 90
• Liberty Nat. v. Univ. of Ala. Health Servs. 881 So. 2d 1013 · cited by 88
• Williams v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. 2003 Ala. LEXIS 394 · cited by 87
• Mitchell v. State 60 Ala. 26 · cited by 85
• Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 · cited by 85
• Ex Parte Fann 2001 Ala. LEXIS 284 · cited by 85
• Hall v. Mazzone 486 So. 2d 408 · cited by 84
• Ex Parte Alfab, Inc. 1991 Ala. LEXIS 922 · cited by 84
• American Road Serv. Co. v. Inmon 394 So. 2d 361 · cited by 84
• Duncan v. State 278 Ala. 145 · cited by 83
• Lindsay v. United States Savings & Loan Ass'n 120 Ala. 156 · cited by 83
• Foremost Ins. Co. v. Parham 693 So. 2d 409 · cited by 83
• Supreme Commandery of the Knights of the Golden Rule v. Ainsworth 71 Ala. 436 · cited by 82
• Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Williams 172 Ala. 560 · cited by 82
• Dow v. Alabama Democratic Party 2004 Ala. LEXIS 363 · cited by 82
• Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory 246 Ala. 1 · cited by 81
• Chambers v. Ringstaff 69 Ala. 140 · cited by 80
• Ex Parte Couch 521 So. 2d 987 · cited by 80
• White Sands Group, LLC v. PRS II, LLC 998 So. 2d 1042 · cited by 80
• City of Birmingham v. Southern Express Co. 164 Ala. 529 · cited by 79
• Storey v. State 71 Ala. 329 · cited by 79
• Gassenheimer v. State 52 Ala. 313 · cited by 78
• Noles v. State 24 Ala. 672 · cited by 78
• Fretwell v. McLemore 52 Ala. 124 · cited by 78
• Ga. Pacific Railway Co. v. Lee 92 Ala. 262 · cited by 77
• Ex Parte Faircloth 471 So. 2d 493 · cited by 77
• National SEC. Fire & Cas. Co. v. Bowen 417 So. 2d 179 · cited by 77
• Phillips v. Thomas 1989 Ala. LEXIS 712 · cited by 77
• Smith v. Equifax Services, Inc. 537 So. 2d 463 · cited by 77
• City Delivery Co. v. Henry 139 Ala. 161 · cited by 76
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Slade 747 So. 2d 293 · cited by 76
• Wilson v. State 243 Ala. 1 · cited by 76
• Hawes v. State 88 Ala. 37 · cited by 75
• State v. Rogers 107 Ala. 444 · cited by 75
• Borman v. State 34 Ala. 216 · cited by 75
• DeArman v. State 71 Ala. 351 · cited by 74
• Burns v. Campbell 71 Ala. 271 · cited by 74
• Goodman v. Winter 64 Ala. 410 · cited by 74
• Miller v. State 107 Ala. 40 · cited by 73
• Georgia Cotton Co. v. Lee 196 Ala. 599 · cited by 73
• Young v. State 283 Ala. 676 · cited by 73
• Bancroft v. Otis 91 Ala. 279 · cited by 73
• Boshell v. Keith 418 So. 2d 89 · cited by 72
• Barnewall v. Murrell 108 Ala. 366 · cited by 72
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Marbury Lumber Co. 125 Ala. 237 · cited by 72
• Casrell v. Altec Industries, Inc. 1976 Ala. LEXIS 1709 · cited by 72
• Campbell v. State 23 Ala. 44 · cited by 72
• Gibson v. State 89 Ala. 121 · cited by 71
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield v. Nielsen 1998 Ala. LEXIS 111 · cited by 71
• Chavers v. National SEC. Fire & Cas. Co. 405 So. 2d 1 · cited by 71
• Southern Ry. Co. v. Dickson 211 Ala. 481 · cited by 71
• Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. v. Crawford 689 So. 2d 3 · cited by 71
• Parker v. Amerson 519 So. 2d 442 · cited by 70
• Memphis & Charleston Railroad v. Martin 117 Ala. 367 · cited by 70
• Waddell & Reed, Inc. v. UNITED INVEST. LIFE INS. CO. 875 So. 2d 1143 · cited by 69
• Carter v. Henderson 598 So. 2d 1350 · cited by 69
• Ford v. State 71 Ala. 385 · cited by 69
• Morris v. State 146 Ala. 66 · cited by 69
• Tanner's v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad 60 Ala. 621 · cited by 68
• Johnson v. State 17 Ala. 618 · cited by 68
• Butler v. Town of Argo 871 So. 2d 1 · cited by 68
• Ex Parte Ocwen Federal Bank, FSB 872 So. 2d 810 · cited by 67
• Tobler v. Pioneer Mining & Mfg. Co. 166 Ala. 482 · cited by 67
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Markee 103 Ala. 160 · cited by 67
• Sadler v. Langham 34 Ala. 311 · cited by 66
• State ex rel. Crumpton v. Montgomery 177 Ala. 212 · cited by 66
• Ex Parte Seymour 946 So. 2d 536 · cited by 66
• Jenkins v. Harrison 66 Ala. 345 · cited by 66
• Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Holland 173 Ala. 675 · cited by 66
• DeKalb County LP Gas Co., Inc. v. Suburban Gas, Inc. 729 So. 2d 270 · cited by 66
• Perry County v. Selma, Marion & Memphis Railroad 58 Ala. 546 · cited by 65
• Grimsley v. First Ave. Coal & Lumber Co. 217 Ala. 159 · cited by 65
• Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Drennen 175 Ala. 338 · cited by 65
• Hussey v. State 87 Ala. 121 · cited by 63
• Ex Parte the Boc Group, Inc. 2001 Ala. LEXIS 397 · cited by 63
• McDonald v. McDonald 212 Ala. 137 · cited by 63
• Donnell v. Jones 13 Ala. 490 · cited by 63
• Van Hook v. City of Selma 70 Ala. 361 · cited by 63
• Brister v. State 26 Ala. 107 · cited by 62
• Bankston v. State 358 So. 2d 1040 · cited by 62
• Alabama Great Soiitliern Railroad v. Hawk 72 Ala. 112 · cited by 62
• Ex Parte Presse 554 So. 2d 406 · cited by 62
• Seals v. Robinson & Co. 75 Ala. 363 · cited by 62
• Webb v. City of Demopolis 95 Ala. 116 · cited by 62
• McArthur v. Carrie's Adm'r 32 Ala. 75 · cited by 61
• Lewis v. Martin 210 Ala. 401 · cited by 61
• Handley v. Shaffer 177 Ala. 636 · cited by 60
• Crawford v. Kirksey 55 Ala. 282 · cited by 60
• Ex Parte Rizk 791 So. 2d 911 · cited by 60
• Roan v. State 225 Ala. 428 · cited by 60
• Wynn v. Tallapoosa County Bank 168 Ala. 469 · cited by 60
• City Council of Montgomery v. Wright 72 Ala. 411 · cited by 59
• Sanders v. Empire Fire and Marine Ins. Co. 720 So. 2d 893 · cited by 59
• McClendon v. Mountain Top Flea Market 1992 Ala. LEXIS 710 · cited by 59
• Zeigler v. South & North Ala. R. R. 58 Ala. 594 · cited by 58
• Jones v. State 174 Ala. 53 · cited by 58
• Grider v. Tally 77 Ala. 422 · cited by 58
• Ex Parte Boatwright 471 So. 2d 1257 · cited by 58
• Wilkinson v. Searcy 76 Ala. 176 · cited by 58
• Hoffman-La Roche, Inc. v. Campbell 1987 Ala. LEXIS 4408 · cited by 58
• Western Railway of Alabama v. Mutch 97 Ala. 194 · cited by 58
• Askew v. Hale County 54 Ala. 639 · cited by 58
• Ex Parte Mathews 428 So. 2d 58 · cited by 58
• Pearson v. Darrington 32 Ala. 227 · cited by 58
• Burton v. State 107 Ala. 108 · cited by 58
• Eiland v. State 52 Ala. 322 · cited by 58
• Jim Burke Automotive, Inc. v. Beavers 674 So. 2d 1260 · cited by 57
• Stone v. State 105 Ala. 60 · cited by 57
• Ex Parte Grimmett 228 Ala. 1 · cited by 57
• Atkins v. American Motors Corp. 335 So. 2d 134 · cited by 57
• Shaffer v. Regions Financial Corp. 2009 Ala. LEXIS 193 · cited by 57
• State v. Hill 690 So. 2d 1201 · cited by 57
• Winslow v. State 76 Ala. 42 · cited by 57
• South & North Alabama Railroad v. Morris 65 Ala. 193 · cited by 57
• Lee v. City of Gadsden 1992 Ala. LEXIS 27 · cited by 57
• Tennessee Coal, Iron & R. R. v. Smith 171 Ala. 251 · cited by 57
• Shipp v. Shelton 193 Ala. 658 · cited by 57
• Acklen's v. Hickman 63 Ala. 494 · cited by 57
• Reynolds Metals Company v. Hill 2002 Ala. LEXIS 2 · cited by 57
• Munroe v. Pritchett 16 Ala. 785 · cited by 57
• Brown v. State 109 Ala. 70 · cited by 56
• Berner v. Caldwell 1989 Ala. LEXIS 243 · cited by 56
• Best Park & Amusement Co. v. Rollins 192 Ala. 534 · cited by 56
• Ex Parte Edgar 543 So. 2d 682 · cited by 56
• Waring v. Lewis 53 Ala. 615 · cited by 56
• Glass v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad 94 Ala. 581 · cited by 56
• Kirtland v. Fort Morgan Auth. Sewer Serv., Inc. 1988 Ala. LEXIS 167 · cited by 56
• Kennedy's Heirs v. Kennedy's Heirs 2 Ala. 571 · cited by 56
• Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad v. Crocker 95 Ala. 412 · cited by 56
• Ex Parte Essary 992 So. 2d 5 · cited by 56
• Miller v. Marx 55 Ala. 322 · cited by 56
• Burney v. Torrey 100 Ala. 157 · cited by 56
• Ex Parte Jackson 516 So. 2d 768 · cited by 56
• Queen Insurance v. Young 86 Ala. 424 · cited by 56
• Daniels v. State 290 Ala. 316 · cited by 56
• Woodward Iron Co. v. Bradford 206 Ala. 447 · cited by 56
• Humes v. O'Bryan & Washington 74 Ala. 64 · cited by 55
• Farrior v. New England Mortgage Security Co. 88 Ala. 275 · cited by 55
• Coghill v. Kennedy 119 Ala. 641 · cited by 55
• Cherry, Bekaert & Holland v. Brown 582 So. 2d 502 · cited by 55
• Alabama State Bridge Corporation v. Smith 217 Ala. 311 · cited by 55
• Moore v. Mobile Infirmary Ass'n 1991 Ala. LEXIS 1001 · cited by 55
• Gould v. Hayes 19 Ala. 438 · cited by 55
• Jones v. New Orleans & Selma Railroad 70 Ala. 227 · cited by 55
• Hodges Bros. v. Coleman & Carroll 76 Ala. 103 · cited by 55
• Ex Parte General Motors Corp. 769 So. 2d 903 · cited by 55
• Birmingham Ry. Light & Power Co. v. Moore 148 Ala. 115 · cited by 54
• Ala. Great Southern R. R. v. Hill 93 Ala. 514 · cited by 54
• Ex parte Hardy 68 Ala. 303 · cited by 54
• Jones v. State 76 Ala. 8 · cited by 54
• Dykes v. Lane Trucking, Inc. 1994 Ala. LEXIS 603 · cited by 54
• Blue v. State 246 Ala. 73 · cited by 54
• Johnson v. State 102 Ala. 1 · cited by 54
• Lawler Mobile Homes, Inc. v. Tarver 1986 Ala. LEXIS 3563 · cited by 54