25 So. 3d 475 - Cunningham v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
June 2017
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 554 So. 2d 376 - Greene v. Thompson · 486 So. 2d 1294 - Taylor v. Taylor · 624 So. 2d 188 - Figures v. Figures · Thompson v. Thompson · 678 So. 2d 174 - Glover v. Glover
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“' " '[I]f a party requests a hearing on its motion [filed pursuant to Rule 59, Ala. R. Civ. P.], the court must grant the request.' Ex parte Evans , 875 So.2d 297 , 299-300 (Ala. 2003) (citing Rule 59(g), Ala. R. Civ. P., and Walls v. Bank of Prattville , 554 So.2d 381 , 382 (Ala. 1989) ). Although it is error for the trial court not to grant such a hearing, this error is not necessarily reversible error. 'This Court has established, however, that the denial of a postjudgment motion without a hearing thereon is harmless error, where (1) there is ... no probable merit in the grounds asserted in the motion, or (2) the appellate court resolves the issues presented therein, as a matter of law, adversely to the movant, by application of the same objective standard of review as that applied in the trial court.' Historic Blakely Auth. v. Williams , 675 So.2d 350 , 352 (Ala. 1995) (citing Greene v. Thompson , 554 So.2d 376 (Ala. 1989) ).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"Whether to award an attorney fee in a domestic relations case is within the sound discretion of the trial court and, absent an abuse of that discretion, its ruling on that question will not be reversed. Thompson v. Thompson, 650 So.2d 928 (Ala.Civ.App.1994). `Factors to be considered by the trial court when awarding such fees include the financial circumstances of the parties, the parties' conduct, the results of the litigation, and, where appropriate, the trial court's knowledge and experience as to the value of the services performed by the attorney.' Figures v. Figures, 624 So.2d 188, 191 (Ala.Civ.App.1993). Additionally, a trial court is presumed to have knowledge from which it may set a reasonable attorney fee even when there is no evidence as to the reasonableness of the attorney fee. Taylor v. Taylor, 486 So.2d 1294 (Ala.Civ.App.1986)."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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