688 So. 2d 818 - Ethridge v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 state decisions

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

1. “`The trial court, as the finder of fact, is required to resolve conflicts in the evidence.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dm v. Walker County Dhr · 995 So. 2d 893 - Rs v. Rg

2. ““Because Ethridge [a defendant against whom a default judgment had been entered] requested that a default judgment be set aside, the trial court was required to consider both whether Ethridge had established Rule 60(b)[, Ala. R. Civ. P.,] grounds to set aside the judgment and whether she had met the standards for setting aside default judgments so clearly explained by our supreme court in Kirtland v. Fort Morgan Auth. Sewer Serv., Inc., 524 So.2d 600, 605-08 (Ala. 1988). See DaLee v. Crosby Lumber Co., 561 So.2d 1086, 1091 (Ala.1990). According to the supreme court, Eth-ridge was required not only to establish a meritorious defense as described in Kirtland , but also to ‘demonstrate the ground under Rule 60(b) justifying relief from the final judgment.’ DaLee, 561 So.2d at 1091 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 85 So. 3d 954 - Cornelius v. Browning