Watson rule in Alabama

6 Alabama opinions name it 2 courts 1976–2016 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 (6)

Case	Followed	Cited
Johnson v. Stategreen ala · 1941 · cited in 2 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 1988–1988 2 sentences 1988See Johnson v. State , 242 Ala. 278 , 280 , 5 So.2d 632 , 634 (1941), cert. denied , 316 U.S. 693 , 62 S.Ct. 1299 , 86 L.Ed. 1763 (1942); Beavers v. State , 511 So.2d 951 (Ala.Cr.App. 1987); Smith v. State , 409 So.2d 455 (Ala.Cr.App. 1981). 1988See Johnson v. State , 242 Ala. 278 , 280 , 5 So.2d 632 , 634 (1941), cert. denied , 316 U.S. 693 , 62 S.Ct. 1299 , 86 L.Ed. 1763 (1942); Beavers v. State , 511 So.2d 951 (Ala.Cr.App. 1987); Smith v. State , 409 So.2d 455 (Ala.Cr.App. 1981).	2	2
Hodges v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.green scotus · 1942 · cited in 2 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 1988–1988 2 sentences 1988See Johnson v. State , 242 Ala. 278 , 280 , 5 So.2d 632 , 634 (1941), cert. denied , 316 U.S. 693 , 62 S.Ct. 1299 , 86 L.Ed. 1763 (1942); Beavers v. State , 511 So.2d 951 (Ala.Cr.App. 1987); Smith v. State , 409 So.2d 455 (Ala.Cr.App. 1981). 1988See Johnson v. State, 242 Ala. 278, 280 , 5 So.2d 632, 634 (1941), cert. denied, 316 U.S. 693 , 62 S.Ct. 1299 , 86 L.Ed. 1763 (1942); Beavers v. State, 511 So.2d 951 (Ala.Cr.App.1987); Smith v. State, 409 So.2d 455 (Ala.Cr.App.1981).	2	2
Tinkoff v. Griffithgreen scotus · 1942 · cited in 2 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 1988–1988 2 sentences 1988See Johnson v. State , 242 Ala. 278 , 280 , 5 So.2d 632 , 634 (1941), cert. denied , 316 U.S. 693 , 62 S.Ct. 1299 , 86 L.Ed. 1763 (1942); Beavers v. State , 511 So.2d 951 (Ala.Cr.App. 1987); Smith v. State , 409 So.2d 455 (Ala.Cr.App. 1981). 1988See Johnson v. State, 242 Ala. 278, 280 , 5 So.2d 632, 634 (1941), cert. denied, 316 U.S. 693 , 62 S.Ct. 1299 , 86 L.Ed. 1763 (1942); Beavers v. State, 511 So.2d 951 (Ala.Cr.App.1987); Smith v. State, 409 So.2d 455 (Ala.Cr.App.1981).	2	2
Shealy v. Goldengreen ala · 2004 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016 1 sentence 2016“Under the ore tenus rule, the trial court’s findings of fact are presumed correct and will not be disturbed on appeal unless these findings are ‘plainly or palpably wrong or against the preponderance of the evidence.’ ” Shealy v. Golden, 897 So.2d 268, 271 (Ala.2004)(quoting Ex parte Cater, 772 So.2d 1117, 1119 (Ala.2000)).	1	1
Ex Parte Catergreen ala · 2000 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016 1 sentence 2016“Under the ore tenus rule, the trial court’s findings of fact are presumed correct and will not be disturbed on appeal unless these findings are ‘plainly or palpably wrong or against the preponderance of the evidence.’ ” Shealy v. Golden, 897 So.2d 268, 271 (Ala.2004)(quoting Ex parte Cater, 772 So.2d 1117, 1119 (Ala.2000)).	1	1
ConAgra, Inc. v. Turnergreen ala · 2000 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2008–2008 1 sentence 2008Because a “trial judge’s order should not be reversed for the judge’s failing to heed an argument never made in the trial court,” ConAgra, Inc. v. Turner, 776 So.2d 792, 799 (Ala.2000)(Lyons, J., concurring in the judgment affirming the award of compensatory damages and otherwise concurring both in the judgment and the opinion), we are provided no basis for finding error in the trial court’s exercise of its discretion in that regard.	1	1

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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

Also cited on this issue (7)

Case	Cited	Years
Smith v. State green alacrimapp · 1981 2 sentences 1988See Johnson v. State , 242 Ala. 278 , 280 , 5 So.2d 632 , 634 (1941), cert. denied , 316 U.S. 693 , 62 S.Ct. 1299 , 86 L.Ed. 1763 (1942); Beavers v. State , 511 So.2d 951 (Ala.Cr.App. 1987); Smith v. State , 409 So.2d 455 (Ala.Cr.App. 1981). 1988See Johnson v. State, 242 Ala. 278, 280 , 5 So.2d 632, 634 (1941), cert. denied, 316 U.S. 693 , 62 S.Ct. 1299 , 86 L.Ed. 1763 (1942); Beavers v. State, 511 So.2d 951 (Ala.Cr.App.1987); Smith v. State, 409 So.2d 455 (Ala.Cr.App.1981).	2	1988–1988
Beavers v. State green alacrimapp · 1987 2 sentences 1988See Johnson v. State , 242 Ala. 278 , 280 , 5 So.2d 632 , 634 (1941), cert. denied , 316 U.S. 693 , 62 S.Ct. 1299 , 86 L.Ed. 1763 (1942); Beavers v. State , 511 So.2d 951 (Ala.Cr.App. 1987); Smith v. State , 409 So.2d 455 (Ala.Cr.App. 1981). 1988See Johnson v. State, 242 Ala. 278, 280 , 5 So.2d 632, 634 (1941), cert. denied, 316 U.S. 693 , 62 S.Ct. 1299 , 86 L.Ed. 1763 (1942); Beavers v. State, 511 So.2d 951 (Ala.Cr.App.1987); Smith v. State, 409 So.2d 455 (Ala.Cr.App.1981).	2	1988–1988
Bland v. State green alacrimapp · 1981 1 sentence 2003"The trial court must be apprised of the basis for the objection with sufficient particularity to allow an informed decision to be made on the particular legal issue involved." Bland v. State , 395 So.2d 164 , 168 (Ala.Crim.App. 1981).	1	2003–2003
Watson v. State green alacrimapp · 1988 2 sentences 1988Watson , 538 So.2d at 1220 . 1988Watson, 538 So.2d at 1220 .	1	1988–1988
Gonzalez v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila green scotus · 1929 2 sentences 1976In the absence of fraud, collusion, or arbitrariness, the decisions of the proper church tribunals on matters purely ecclesiastical, although affecting civil rights, are accepted in litigation before the secular courts as conclusive, because the parties in interest made them so by contract or otherwise. . ." However, the most recent decision of that court, Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese, etc. v. Milivojevich , 426 U.S. 696 , 96 S.Ct. 2372 , 49 L.Ed.2d 151 (1976), criticized the concept of "marginal review" as mere dictum and concluded that that concept has never developed into a concrete exc 1976In the absence of fraud, collusion, or arbitrariness, the decisions of the proper church tribunals on matters purely ecclesiastical, although affecting civil rights, are accepted in litigation before the secular courts as conclusive, because the parties in interest made them so by contract or otherwise. . ." However, the most recent decision of that court, Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese, etc. v. Milivojevich , 426 U.S. 696 , 96 S.Ct. 2372 , 49 L.Ed.2d 151 (1976), criticized the concept of "marginal review" as mere dictum and concluded that that concept has never developed into a concrete exc	1	1976–1976
Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church green scotus · 1969 2 sentences 1976In the absence of fraud, collusion, or arbitrariness, the decisions of the proper church tribunals on matters purely ecclesiastical, although affecting civil rights, are accepted in litigation before the secular courts as conclusive, because the parties in interest made them so by contract or otherwise. . ." However, the most recent decision of that court, Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese, etc. v. Milivojevich , 426 U.S. 696 , 96 S.Ct. 2372 , 49 L.Ed.2d 151 (1976), criticized the concept of "marginal review" as mere dictum and concluded that that concept has never developed into a concrete exc 1976In the absence of fraud, collusion, or arbitrariness, the decisions of the proper church tribunals on matters purely ecclesiastical, although affecting civil rights, are accepted in litigation before the secular courts as conclusive, because the parties in interest made them so by contract or otherwise. . ." However, the most recent decision of that court, Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese, etc. v. Milivojevich , 426 U.S. 696 , 96 S.Ct. 2372 , 49 L.Ed.2d 151 (1976), criticized the concept of "marginal review" as mere dictum and concluded that that concept has never developed into a concrete exc	1	1976–1976
Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. Milivojevich green scotus · 1976 2 sentences 1976In the absence of fraud, collusion, or arbitrariness, the decisions of the proper church tribunals on matters purely ecclesiastical, although affecting civil rights, are accepted in litigation before the secular courts as conclusive, because the parties in interest made them so by contract or otherwise. . ." However, the most recent decision of that court, Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese, etc. v. Milivojevich , 426 U.S. 696 , 96 S.Ct. 2372 , 49 L.Ed.2d 151 (1976), criticized the concept of "marginal review" as mere dictum and concluded that that concept has never developed into a concrete exc 1976In the absence of fraud, collusion, or arbitrariness, the decisions of the proper church tribunals on matters purely ecclesiastical, although affecting civil rights, are accepted in litigation before the secular courts as conclusive, because the parties in interest made them so by contract or otherwise. . ." However, the most recent decision of that court, Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese, etc. v. Milivojevich , 426 U.S. 696 , 96 S.Ct. 2372 , 49 L.Ed.2d 151 (1976), criticized the concept of "marginal review" as mere dictum and concluded that that concept has never developed into a concrete exc	1	1976–1976

Where else courts name it

CA 1201 (1964–2026) LA 28 (1982–2025) TX 25 (1994–2026) IA 15 (2001–2026) OH 12 (1983–2026) GA 12 (1970–2021) IL 11 (1979–2025) PA 9 (1960–2024) WA 8 (1988–2025) AZ 7 (1971–2017) MD 6 (1986–2021) AL 6 (1976–2016) SC 5 (1987–2016) MS 5 (1994–2026) MI 5 (1970–2022) ND 5 (1998–2022) NC 5 (1987–2008) TN 4 (2017–2025) MO 4 (2012–2020) DE 4 (2024–2025) FL 4 (1989–2021) AR 4 (2002–2020) IN 4 (1972–2019) VA 4 (1998–2022) NV 3 (2014–2019) NY 3 (1953–2017) CO 2 (1985–1998) NM 2 (1970–1971) WI 2 (2007–2022) DC 2 (2015–2022) MA 2 (1983–2002) MT 2 (2001–2002) VT 2 (2016–2018) ID 2 (1978–1995)

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