Tag: ALABAMA SUPREME COURT

The Alabama Supreme Court reversed a Conecuh County Circuit Court decision upholding Sheriff Randy Brock’s win in the 2022 sheriff’s race.

The Supreme Court of Alabama amended two rules that govern who can sit for the Alabama Bar and how many times they may do so.

Members of the Alabama Supreme Court recently sanctioned W. Perry Hall, a Mobile attorney, for improper use of artificial intelligence.

The Alabama Supreme Court advised a federal judge on Friday that the state’s “shield statute” doesn’t protect a reporter from having to reveal some information related to a source.

A group of Alabama midwives and birth centers recently asked the Alabama Supreme Court to review a January 2026 state appellate court decision that would allow the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) to require birth centers to obtain hospital licenses. 

It’s not the Alabama Supreme Court that lacks the standing to evaluate law schools. It’s the ABA that has forfeited, through decades of mission creep, cost inflation, and ideological adventurism, its claim to function as the disinterested guardian of American legal education.

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Friday to allow the Alabama-West Florida Conference (AWFC) of the United Methodist Church to continue contesting multiple property disputes with local congregations across the state. 

The Alabama Supreme Court unanimously denied an emergency injunction request by Crimson Tide center Charles Bediako on Friday that would’ve allowed him to continue to play the remainder of the season and postseason.

Members of the Alabama Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in Montgomery in a defamation and invasion of privacy lawsuit brought by former Alabama basketball walk-on Kai Spears against the New York Times.

Members of the Alabama Supreme Court recently kept a temporary restraining order in place on a new vape law in a 4-3 decision.

Attorneys for Mike Blackmon have filed a brief in the Alabama Supreme Court, appealing a lower court judgment dismissing the contested Conecuh County sheriff’s race.

The public is invited to meet and hear Chief Justice Sarah Stewart speak to the Mobile GOP Monday April 7.

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled in favor of the city of Muscle Shoals in a lawsuit brought by residents seeking damages over claims of negligence after heavy rainfall in 2019 flooded their homes.

Breastfeeding moms can be excused from jury duty, according to an order from all members of the Alabama Supreme Court on Friday.

Retiring Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker said he was encouraged about the future of the Alabama Supreme Court as his term comes to an end.

In the holiday rush, you may have missed a new set of rules issued just before Christmas. 

Chief Justice Tom Parker retires after 20 years on the state supreme court. Leaves legacy and historical book collection.

Most of the Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Friday a special fiduciary appointed by Montgomery County Circuit Judge Greg Griffin could temporarily take possession of the Mabel Amos Trust Fund as a lawsuit alleging wrongdoings by Regions Bank and the fund’s board members continues.

A district judge on Friday dismissed the last of three in-vitro fertilization (IVF) wrongful death lawsuits in the state that spawned the massively controversial Alabama Supreme Court decision earlier this year.

Newly elected Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Sarah Stewart recently met with the Alabama Joint Reentry Commission, where she announced her plans to use the judicial branch to support the state in reducing recidivism among released prisoners by 50% by 2030.

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Greg Cook said a written policy issued by the Birmingham Police Department barring officers from pursuing fleeing drivers is “badly misguided.”

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal by the Center for Reproductive Medicine at Mobile Infirmary of a February ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court.

The governor may count the main opinion as a win, but the people need to take the reigns from the chief justice and pull the power back. We shall never be assured of two minutes of liberty if we do not.

Members of the Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Montgomery’s Jackson Hospital is immune from a 2020 wrongful death lawsuit brought by a patient’s family.

Members of the Alabama Supreme Court unanimously dismissed a lawsuit against the City of Tuscaloosa on Friday brought by Twelve25 Sports Bar over an ordinance limiting the number of people inside bars and restaurants.

Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice J. Gorman Houston, Jr. passed away last week at the age of 91.

Members of the Alabama Supreme Court upheld previous rulings on litigation involving former Chief Justice Roy Moore on Friday.