Hall v. Gaines’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hanners v. Balfour Guthrie, Inc. · 531 So. 2d 860 - Bussey v. John Deere Co. · 496 So. 2d 756 - Wilson v. Brown · 551 So. 2d 259 - Hickox v. Stover · 495 So. 2d 1381 - Harrell v. Reynolds Metals Co.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"A release induced by fraud is void. Taylor v. Dorough , 547 So.2d 536 (Ala. 1989). Fraud has four elements: (1) misrepresentation of a material fact; (2) made willfully to deceive or recklessly without knowledge; (3) which was justifiably relied upon by the plaintiff under the circumstances; and (4) which caused damage to the plaintiff as a proximate consequence. Ramsay Health Care, Inc. v. Follmer , 560 So.2d 746 , 749 (Ala. 1990) (citing Bowman v. McElrath Poultry Co. , 468 So.2d 879 , 880 (Ala. 1985)), quoted in Harris v. M S Toyota, Inc. , 575 So.2d 74 , 76 (Ala. 1991)."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“" ' "A plaintiff, given the particular facts of his knowledge, understanding, and present ability to fully comprehend the nature of the subject transaction and its ramifications, has not justifiably relied on the defendant's representation if that representation is 'one so patently and obviously false that he must have closed his eyes to avoid the discovery of the truth.' " ' Id. (quoting Southern States Ford, Inc. v. Proctor , 541 So.2d 1081 , 1091-92 (Ala. 1989) (Hornsby, C.J., concurring specially))."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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