Recent Posts in September, 2017

• TRIBAL SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY FROM TORT ACTION: WILKES V. PCI GAMING AUTHORITY

  Sep 29, 2017
  Wilkes v. PCI Gaming Authority , [Ms. 1151312, Sept. 29, 2017] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2017). This 7-0 decision by Chief Justice Stuart (Bolin, Parker, ...
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• DISPUTE OVER GAMBLING WINNINGS AT INDIAN CASINO - ILLEGAL CONTRACT: RAPE V. POARCH BAND OF CREEK INDIANS

  Sep 29, 2017
  Rape v. Poarch Band of Creek Indians , [Ms. 1111250, Sept. 29, 2017] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2017). In this plurality opinion by Justice Murdock (Bolin, ...
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• INDIAN TRIBAL IMMUNITY - DRAM SHOP CLAIM: HARRISON V. PCI GAMING AUTHORITY

  Sep 29, 2017
  Harrison v. PCI Gaming Authority , [Ms. 1130168, Sept. 29, 2017] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2017). In this per curiam decision (Bolin, Parker, Murdock, Wise, ...
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• ARBITRATION - TIMING OF MERITS DISCOVERY: EX PARTE LOCKLEAR CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE, ETC.

  Sep 29, 2017
  Ex parte Locklear Chrysler Jeep Dodge, etc. , [Ms. 1160372, 1160373, 1160374, Sept. 29, 2017] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2017). In this unanimous decision by ...
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• ARBITRATION - ENFORCEMENT BY NON-PARTY - APPELLATE PROCEDURE - WAIVER - ALTERATION OF INSTRUMENT: LOCKLEAR AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC. V. HUBBARD, ET AL.

  Sep 29, 2017
  Locklear Automotive Group, Inc. v. Hubbard, et al. , [Ms. 1160335, 1160336, 1160337, 1160375, 1160435, 1160436, 1160437, Sept. 29, 2017] __ So. 3d __ ...
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• PROPER EXECUTION OF A WILL: PICKENS V. ESTATE OF DONALD HARRISON FENN

  Sep 29, 2017
  Pickens v. Estate of Donald Harrison Fenn , [Ms. 1160202, Sept. 29, 2017] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2017). In this decision by Justice Sellers (Stuart, C.J., ...
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• FRAUD IN THE INDUCEMENT - HALF TRUTH - CONTINUANCE - PUNITIVE DAMAGES RATIO: ALABAMA RIVER GROUP AND GEORGE LANDEGGER V. CONECUH TIMBER, INC., ET AL.

  Sep 29, 2017
  Alabama River Group and George Landegger v. Conecuh Timber, Inc., et al. , [Ms. 1150040, Sept. 29, 2017] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. 2017). This opinion by ...
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• RULE 60 MOTION - CAPACITY TO CONTEST ADOPTION: M.M. AND R.F. V. K.J.Z. AND E.M.Z.

  Sep 29, 2017
  M.M. and R.F. v. K.J.Z. and E.M.Z. , [Ms. 2160520 & 2160521, Sept. 29, 2017] __ So. 3d __ (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). In this unanimous decision by Judge ...
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