624 So. 2d 532 - Barber v. Fields’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on 547 So. 2d 870 - West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of Florida · 456 So. 2d 1047 - Dominex, Inc. v. Key · City of Montgomery v. Greene · Waters v. Jolly · Weller v. City of Gadsden
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"It is well established in Alabama that when an instrument is unambiguous its construction and legal effect will be based upon what is found in within its four corners. The determination of whether an instrument is ambiguous is a question of law for the court to decide. Only when the trial judge has ruled that the instrument is ambiguous in its terms as to the intent of [the] parties will it be submitted to a jury. "In this case, the burden was on Cox to affirmatively set out the limits of the release. Where, as here, no mention was made in the release between Cox and Austin's insurer of Austin's claim against Cox, the fact that Austin may have ratified that agreement has no effect on Austin's claim against Cox."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“`Once the elements [of res judicata] are met, the former judgment becomes an absolute bar to any subsequent suit on the same cause of action.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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