Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-3-16 (2026)
Decisions of Supreme Court to Govern Holdings and Decisions of Courts of Appeals; Decisions and Proceedings of Courts of Appeals Subject to General Superintendence and Control of Supreme Court.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The decisions of the Supreme Court shall govern the holdings and decisions of the courts of appeals, and the decisions and proceedings of such courts of appeals shall be subject to the general superintendence and control of the Supreme Court as provided by Constitutional Amendment No. 328.
(Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §10.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 269
cases (16 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case: TenEyck v. TenEyck, 885 So. 2d 146 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003).
TenEyck v. TenEyck, 885 So. 2d 146 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “The trial court's judgment denying postminority educational support on the basis that Ex parte Bayliss is unconstitutional is therefore reversed, and the cause is remanded for the trial court to consider the request for postminority educational support in compliance with the…”
Hunt v. State, 642 So. 2d 999 (Ala. Crim. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 12-3-16. We conclude that Ex parte Harper, rather than Davis or Associated Industries , controls the result in this case.”
Stack v. Stack, 646 So. 2d 51 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “Ala.Code 1975, § 12-3-16. We are without authority to overrule the decisions of our Supreme Court.”
McNair v. State, 653 So. 2d 320 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992). “…by Judge Bookout to do so, our Supreme Court has not changed this rule, and it remains binding on this court. See Ala.Code 1975, § 12-3-16.”
Gallant v. Gallant, 184 So. 3d 387 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014). “See Ala.Code 1975, § 12-3-16. *394 In Ex parte McLendon, 455 So.”
Knight v. State, 907 So. 2d 470 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005). “Thus a sudden confession of adultery by a wife, or information from a third person that a wife has been unfaithful, has sometimes been held to constitute a provocation to the husband of the same sort as if he had made an "ocular observation" of his wife's adultery.”
Sullens v. State, 878 So. 2d 1216 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “Ala.Code 1975, § 12-3-16. "We conclude that Ex parte Harper .”
Hosch v. State, 155 So. 3d 1048 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “§ 12-3-16, Ala.Code 1975. XIX. Hosch argues that Roper v.”
Pickett v. Pickett, 792 So. 2d 1124 (Ala. Civ. App. 2001). “This court is bound by the decisions of the supreme court, Ala.Code 1975, § 12-3-16. Both our supreme court and this court *1138 have determined that a custodial parent does "not lose his [or her] court-ordered status as the primary physical custodian of the child simply because…”
Turner v. State, 924 So. 2d 737 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “We note that the Alabama Supreme Court recently in Ex parte Weaver, 763 So.2d 982 (Ala.1999), on remand, 763 So.”
G.H. v. Cleburne Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 62 So. 3d 540 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “See § 12-3-16, Ala. Code 1975 ("The decisions of the Supreme Court shall govern the holdings and decisions of the courts of appeals.”
Sturdivant v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, 159 So. 3d 15 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “§ 12-3-16, Ala.Code 1975 ("The decisions of the Supreme Court shall govern the holdings and decisions of the courts of appeals.”
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