Ex parte Tanner: Extending Ford’s “Relate-To” Specific Jurisdiction to Cross‑Border Health Systems; AMLA Venue Applicability to Out‑of‑State Malpractice Unresolved Introduction This commentary...
No State Exhaustion Bar to § 1983 Due‑Process Delay Claims; Alabama Supreme Court Remands for Fact‑Finding on Mootness After SCOTUS Reversal Introduction This commentary analyzes the Alabama Supreme...
Post-Notice Rule 54(b) Certifications Are Nullities; Foster Remand Is Discretionary When Finality and Intertwined Issues Are Unclear 1. Introduction In Richard D. Gaynor, as personal representative...
No Presumption from Criminal Stand‑Your‑Ground Immunity: Alabama Supreme Court Reaffirms Rule 56 Burdens in Subsequent Civil Cases Introduction In Arethea Hurbert, an incompetent person, by and...
Municipal Immunity Does Not Automatically Defeat Fraud Claims: Alabama Supreme Court Clarifies § 11-47-190 and Limits Mandamus Review to Preserved Immunity Grounds Introduction In Ex parte City of...
Absent Transcript, Appellate Deference Controls: Circuit Courts May Not Recalculate Probate Administrator ad Litem Fees on Appeal Under § 12-22-20 Introduction This commentary examines the Alabama...
Franklin Structures v. Williams: Ratification by Warranty Service Binds Homebuyers to Mediation-First Arbitration; Trial Courts Must Compel Mediation Before Arbitration Introduction In Franklin...
Relative-Hardship Over Breach: Alabama Supreme Court Clarifies Clean-Hands Limits and Balancing in Restrictive Covenant Injunctions Case: Rodney G. Englund, Dyann K. Englund, and Georgetown...
Tracing to a “Specific Drug Transaction” Not Required for Currency Forfeiture under Former § 20-2-93; Ore Tenus Deference Reaffirmed Ex parte State of Alabama ex rel. Robert Broussard, District...
No Stand‑Your‑Ground, No Prior‑Crimes: Alabama Supreme Court Limits 404(b) Use To Prove “Unlawful Activity” When Self‑Defense Proceeds Under the Common Law Case: Ex parte Corey Lee Walton, Supreme...
Rogers v. Cedar Bluff: Alabama Supreme Court Clarifies Municipal Vicarious Immunity for Volunteer Firefighters and the Status of Municipal Volunteer Fire Departments Introduction In Carol Rogers, as...
“Truthful-but-Misleading” Communications, Limited Proximate Cause, and Line-and-Scope Constraints: The Alabama Supreme Court’s New Framework for Tortious Interference in Flickinger v. King (2025)...
Supreme Court of Alabama Clarifies Enforceability of Text-Message Settlements: Definiteness and the Mirror-Image Rule Remain Paramount Introduction In iWTNS, Inc.; Leveraged, LLC; and Bradley Lewis...
CBS Holdings, LLC v. Hexagon US Federal, Inc.: The Supreme Court of Alabama Demands Transparent, Substantiated Fee Petitions and Explicit Peebles-Factor Findings 1. Introduction CBS Holdings, LLC v....
The “Depicted-Access Facilities” Doctrine: Alabama Supreme Court Clarifies When Easement Alterations Require Unanimous Consent Introduction 790 Montclair, LLC v. The Station at Crestline Heights, LLC...
“Express Survivorship” & “Alternative Devise” Defeat Alabama’s Antilapse Statute – Comprehensive Commentary on Timothy Brian Johnson & Phillip Barnes v. Judith Mayers, SC-2025-0297 I. Introduction In...
“Accident Location Alone Is Not Enough” – Alabama Supreme Court Strengthens the Dual-Nexus Test for Interest-of-Justice Venue Transfers 1. Introduction In Ex parte Nathan Nash, the Supreme Court of...
Extending Engquist to Academia: The Alabama Supreme Court Refines Class-of-One Claims and § 14 Immunity in Ex parte Roberts 1. Introduction This commentary unpacks the Supreme Court of Alabama’s...
Passive Online Disclosures & Unsworn Declarations: Ex parte GBC International Bank Clarifies Specific Jurisdiction in Alabama Introduction On 27 June 2025, the Supreme Court of Alabama handed down Ex...
Beyond § 30-2-57(c): Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Ongoing Common-Law Authority to Reserve Jurisdiction for Future Periodic Alimony Introduction In Ex parte Edward Conant Gartrell, Jr., the Supreme...