382 So. 2d 508 - Lee v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 2012
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pickett v. Matthews · Grey v. Mobile Trade Co. · City of Brewton v. White's Auto Store, Inc. · Leigeber v. State · 331 So. 2d 626 - Snow v. Abernathy
Most-quoted passages
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“"The judiciary generally disdains retroactive application of laws because such application usually injects undue disharmony and chaos in the application of law to a given fact situation; therefore, the courts will generally indulge every presumption in favor of prospective application unless the legislature's intent to the contrary is clearly and explicitly expressed. City of Brewton v. White's Auto Store, Inc. , 362 So.2d 226 (Ala. 1978)."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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