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rationale underlying rule in Alabama

7 Alabama opinions name it 2 courts 1977–2016 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Alabama courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (8)

CaseFollowedCited
Barrett v. Wedgeworthgreen
ala · 1987 · cited in 2 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2002–2016
2 sentences

2016See Tierce v. Ellis, 624 So.2d 553, 554-55 (Ala.1993) (applying the rule to a paternity, dispute); Ex parte Grubbs, 542 So.2d 927, 930-31 (Ala.1989) (applying the rule in the context of a civil-rights violation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ); Barrett v. Wedgeworth, 518 So.2d 1256, 1257-58 (Ala.1987) (applying the rule to bar a claim that a divorce judgment had been procured by fraud); Ballenger v. Liberty Nat’l Life Ins.

2002See Tierce v. Ellis, 624 So.2d 553, 554-55 (Ala.1993) (applying the rule to a paternity dispute); Ex parte *764 Grubbs, 542 So.2d 927 , 930-31 (Ala.1989) (applying the rule in the context of a civil-rights violation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ); Barrett v. Wedgeworth, 518 So.2d 1256, 1257-58 (Ala.1987) (applying the rule to bar a claim that a divorce judgment had been procured by fraud); Ballenger v. Liberty Nat'l Life Ins.

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Tierce v. Ellisgreen
ala · 1993 · cited in 2 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2002–2016
2 sentences

2016See Tierce v. Ellis, 624 So.2d 553, 554-55 (Ala.1993) (applying the rule to a paternity, dispute); Ex parte Grubbs, 542 So.2d 927, 930-31 (Ala.1989) (applying the rule in the context of a civil-rights violation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ); Barrett v. Wedgeworth, 518 So.2d 1256, 1257-58 (Ala.1987) (applying the rule to bar a claim that a divorce judgment had been procured by fraud); Ballenger v. Liberty Nat’l Life Ins.

2002See Tierce v. Ellis, 624 So.2d 553, 554-55 (Ala.1993) (applying the rule to a paternity dispute); Ex parte *764 Grubbs, 542 So.2d 927 , 930-31 (Ala.1989) (applying the rule in the context of a civil-rights violation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ); Barrett v. Wedgeworth, 518 So.2d 1256, 1257-58 (Ala.1987) (applying the rule to bar a claim that a divorce judgment had been procured by fraud); Ballenger v. Liberty Nat'l Life Ins.

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Ex Parte Grubbsgreen
ala · 1989 · cited in 2 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2002–2016
2 sentences

2016See Tierce v. Ellis, 624 So.2d 553, 554-55 (Ala.1993) (applying the rule to a paternity, dispute); Ex parte Grubbs, 542 So.2d 927, 930-31 (Ala.1989) (applying the rule in the context of a civil-rights violation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ); Barrett v. Wedgeworth, 518 So.2d 1256, 1257-58 (Ala.1987) (applying the rule to bar a claim that a divorce judgment had been procured by fraud); Ballenger v. Liberty Nat’l Life Ins.

2002See Tierce v. Ellis, 624 So.2d 553, 554-55 (Ala.1993) (applying the rule to a paternity dispute); Ex parte *764 Grubbs, 542 So.2d 927 , 930-31 (Ala.1989) (applying the rule in the context of a civil-rights violation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ); Barrett v. Wedgeworth, 518 So.2d 1256, 1257-58 (Ala.1987) (applying the rule to bar a claim that a divorce judgment had been procured by fraud); Ballenger v. Liberty Nat'l Life Ins.

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Shannon v. Mowergreen
ala · 1914 · cited in 2 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 1991–1994
2 sentences

1994The rationale underlying this rule is that “ ‘the principle [of quasi estoppel by election] ... prevents a party from drawing a judgment into question to the prejudice of his adversary after he has coerced its execution or accepted its benefits.’ ” Rice, 578 So.2d at 1064-65 , quoting Shannon v. Mower, 186 Ala. 472, 474 , 65 So. 338, 339 (1914).

1994The rationale underlying this rule is that “ ‘the principle [of quasi estoppel by election] ... prevents a party from drawing a judgment into question to the prejudice of his adversary after he has coerced its execution or accepted its benefits.’ ” Rice, 578 So.2d at 1064-65 , quoting Shannon v. Mower, 186 Ala. 472, 474 , 65 So. 338, 339 (1914).

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United States v. McVeighgreen
ca10 · 1998 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2014–2014
1 sentence

2014The rationale underlying the principle of presumed prejudice is that defendants and judges “simply cannot rely on ‘“jurors’ claims that they can be impartial.” ’ ” United States v. McVeigh, 153 F.3d 1166, 1182 (10th Cir.1998) (quoting Mu’Min v. Virginia, 500 U.S. 415, 429 , 111 S.Ct. 1899 , 114 L.Ed.2d 493 (1991), quoting in turn Patton v. Yount, 467 U.S. 1025, 1031 , 104 S.Ct. 2885 , 81 L.Ed.2d 847 (1984) (“[Adverse pretrial publicity can create süch á presumption of prejudice in a community that the jurors’ claims that they can be impartial should not be believed.”)); Hayes v. Ayers, 632 F.3

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Hayes v. Ayersgreen
ca9 · 2011 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2014–2014
1 sentence

2014The rationale underlying the principle of presumed prejudice is that defendants and judges “simply cannot rely on ‘“jurors’ claims that they can be impartial.” ’ ” United States v. McVeigh, 153 F.3d 1166, 1182 (10th Cir.1998) (quoting Mu’Min v. Virginia, 500 U.S. 415, 429 , 111 S.Ct. 1899 , 114 L.Ed.2d 493 (1991), quoting in turn Patton v. Yount, 467 U.S. 1025, 1031 , 104 S.Ct. 2885 , 81 L.Ed.2d 847 (1984) (“[Adverse pretrial publicity can create süch á presumption of prejudice in a community that the jurors’ claims that they can be impartial should not be believed.”)); Hayes v. Ayers, 632 F.3

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United States v. Jose Rafael Abello-Silvagreen
ca10 · 1991 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2014–2014
1 sentence

2014The rationale underlying the principle of presumed prejudice is that defendants and judges “simply cannot rely on ‘“jurors’ claims that they can be impartial.” ’ ” United States v. McVeigh, 153 F.3d 1166, 1182 (10th Cir.1998) (quoting Mu’Min v. Virginia, 500 U.S. 415, 429 , 111 S.Ct. 1899 , 114 L.Ed.2d 493 (1991), quoting in turn Patton v. Yount, 467 U.S. 1025, 1031 , 104 S.Ct. 2885 , 81 L.Ed.2d 847 (1984) (“[Adverse pretrial publicity can create süch á presumption of prejudice in a community that the jurors’ claims that they can be impartial should not be believed.”)); Hayes v. Ayers, 632 F.3

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Patton v. Yountgreen
scotus · 1984 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2014–2014
2 sentences

2014The rationale underlying the principle of presumed prejudice is that defendants and judges “simply cannot rely on ‘“jurors’ claims that they can be impartial.” ’ ” United States v. McVeigh, 153 F.3d 1166, 1182 (10th Cir.1998) (quoting Mu’Min v. Virginia, 500 U.S. 415, 429 , 111 S.Ct. 1899 , 114 L.Ed.2d 493 (1991), quoting in turn Patton v. Yount, 467 U.S. 1025, 1031 , 104 S.Ct. 2885 , 81 L.Ed.2d 847 (1984) (“[Adverse pretrial publicity can create süch á presumption of prejudice in a community that the jurors’ claims that they can be impartial should not be believed.”)); Hayes v. Ayers, 632 F.3

2014The rationale underlying the principle of presumed prejudice is that defendants and judges “simply cannot rely on ‘“jurors’ claims that they can be impartial.” ’ ” United States v. McVeigh, 153 F.3d 1166, 1182 (10th Cir.1998) (quoting Mu’Min v. Virginia, 500 U.S. 415, 429 , 111 S.Ct. 1899 , 114 L.Ed.2d 493 (1991), quoting in turn Patton v. Yount, 467 U.S. 1025, 1031 , 104 S.Ct. 2885 , 81 L.Ed.2d 847 (1984) (“[Adverse pretrial publicity can create süch á presumption of prejudice in a community that the jurors’ claims that they can be impartial should not be believed.”)); Hayes v. Ayers, 632 F.3

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Alabama. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (5)

CaseCitedYears
Mu'Min v. Virginia green
scotus · 1991
2 sentences

2014The rationale underlying the principle of presumed prejudice is that defendants and judges “simply cannot rely on ‘“jurors’ claims that they can be impartial.” ’ ” United States v. McVeigh, 153 F.3d 1166, 1182 (10th Cir.1998) (quoting Mu’Min v. Virginia, 500 U.S. 415, 429 , 111 S.Ct. 1899 , 114 L.Ed.2d 493 (1991), quoting in turn Patton v. Yount, 467 U.S. 1025, 1031 , 104 S.Ct. 2885 , 81 L.Ed.2d 847 (1984) (“[Adverse pretrial publicity can create süch á presumption of prejudice in a community that the jurors’ claims that they can be impartial should not be believed.”)); Hayes v. Ayers, 632 F.3

2014The rationale underlying the principle of presumed prejudice is that defendants and judges “simply cannot rely on ‘“jurors’ claims that they can be impartial.” ’ ” United States v. McVeigh, 153 F.3d 1166, 1182 (10th Cir.1998) (quoting Mu’Min v. Virginia, 500 U.S. 415, 429 , 111 S.Ct. 1899 , 114 L.Ed.2d 493 (1991), quoting in turn Patton v. Yount, 467 U.S. 1025, 1031 , 104 S.Ct. 2885 , 81 L.Ed.2d 847 (1984) (“[Adverse pretrial publicity can create süch á presumption of prejudice in a community that the jurors’ claims that they can be impartial should not be believed.”)); Hayes v. Ayers, 632 F.3

12014–2014
Rice v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. green
ala · 1991
1 sentence

1994The rationale underlying this rule is that “ ‘the principle [of quasi estoppel by election] ... prevents a party from drawing a judgment into question to the prejudice of his adversary after he has coerced its execution or accepted its benefits.’ ” Rice, 578 So.2d at 1064-65 , quoting Shannon v. Mower, 186 Ala. 472, 474 , 65 So. 338, 339 (1914).

11994–1994
Norton v. Shelby County green
scotus · 1886
2 sentences

1989It is for all purposes as though it had never been passed.' "It is held by the United States Supreme Court in Norton v. Shelby County , 118 U.S. 425 , 442 , 6 Sup.Ct. 1121 , 1125 ( 30 L.Ed. 178 ), that — " 'An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it creates no office; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed.' "Cooley in his work on Constitutional Limitations (7th Ed.) at page 259, lays down the rule thus: " 'When a statute is adjudged to be unconstitutional, it is as if it had never bee

1989It is for all purposes as though it had never been passed.' "It is held by the United States Supreme Court in Norton v. Shelby County , 118 U.S. 425 , 442 , 6 Sup.Ct. 1121 , 1125 ( 30 L.Ed. 178 ), that — " 'An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it creates no office; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed.' "Cooley in his work on Constitutional Limitations (7th Ed.) at page 259, lays down the rule thus: " 'When a statute is adjudged to be unconstitutional, it is as if it had never bee

11989–1989
Finders v. Bodle green
neb · 1899
2 sentences

1989The rationale underlying such a rule is explained in Whetstone v. Slonaker: "It is held in Finders v. Bodle , 58 Neb. 57 , 78 N.W. 480 , that an act of the Legislature, passed in violation of the Constitution, is void from the date of its enactment, and — *Page 1090 " 'An unconstitutional statute creates no new rights and abrogates no old ones.

1989The rationale underlying such a rule is explained in Whetstone v. Slonaker: "It is held in Finders v. Bodle , 58 Neb. 57 , 78 N.W. 480 , that an act of the Legislature, passed in violation of the Constitution, is void from the date of its enactment, and — *Page 1090 " 'An unconstitutional statute creates no new rights and abrogates no old ones.

11989–1989
State v. McCarty green
iowa · 1970
1 sentence

1977Ordinarily therefore, proof of the acts of, or transactions between strangers, or as to independent and disconnected acts or conduct by one of the parties to the suit, or of contracts or other transactions between either of the parties to a suit and strangers, is within the rule of res inter alios acta and is inadmissible.'" The rationale underlying this rule of evidence is that such collateral facts "are incapable of affording any reasonable presumption or inference as to the principal matter in dispute." State v. McCarty , Iowa, 179 N.W.2d 548 (1970).

11977–1977

Where else courts name it

CA 87 (1964–2025) IL 78 (1970–2026) NY 58 (1956–2026) TX 39 (1990–2022) OH 38 (1982–2026) CT 35 (1983–2022) MD 32 (1980–2024) PA 28 (1976–2026) MO 26 (1970–2024) NJ 15 (1978–2025) GA 13 (1978–2024) WA 13 (1971–2016) IN 13 (1973–2020) MI 13 (1974–2021) IA 12 (1988–2023) FL 11 (1968–2011) DC 10 (1978–2017) TN 10 (1993–2018) NC 9 (1987–2018) WI 9 (1971–2024) LA 8 (1967–2014) MN 8 (1993–2019) VA 8 (1990–2017) NH 8 (1972–2002) NM 8 (2000–2019) WV 7 (1983–2015) CO 7 (1986–2005) AL 7 (1977–2016) WY 7 (1970–2017) MT 6 (1998–2008) UT 6 (1993–2022) ME 6 (1969–2018) ND 6 (1985–2005) DE 6 (1974–2023) AZ 5 (1984–2012) NE 5 (1983–2002) HI 4 (1995–2019) RI 4 (1970–2014) VT 4 (1985–2022) NV 3 (1998–2011) MA 3 (1981–2004) SC 3 (1996–2004) MS 3 (1980–1998) OR 2 (1999–2008)

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