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1991

Citation profile

11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
October 2008
most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 8 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 480 So. 2d 1171 - Terry Cove North, Inc. v. BALDWIN CTY. SEWER AUTH. · 536 So. 2d 1371 - Englund's Flying Serv. v. Mobile Air. A.

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “"Whether an agreement is ambiguous is a question of law for the trial court. Terry Cove North v. Baldwin County Sewer Authority, Inc , 480 So.2d 1171 (Ala. 1985). The agreement must be construed in its entirety, and a single provision or sentence is not to be disassociated from others having reference to the same subject matter. Englund's Flying Service, Inc v. Mobile Airport Authority , 536 So.2d 1371 (Ala. 1988). Further, we point out that just because the parties allege different constructions of an agreement, it does not necessarily mean that the agreement is ambiguous. Englund's ."”
    6 later decisions quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.