General Motors Corp. v. Bell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a plaintiff shareholder's action against a third party for fraud and wantonness resulting from a loss of corporate funds was a derivative — rather than direct — action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Armstrong Business Services, Inc. v. AmSouth Bank
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-08-31· cited 122×
• Dawkins v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-03-16· cited 44×
• Brass Metal Products, Inc. v. E-J Enterprises Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-11-30· cited 43×
• Compass Bank v. Snow
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-12-28· cited 35×
• Mitchell v. Folmar & Associates, LLP
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-01-10· cited 27×
• Balwin County Electric v. Catrett
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2006-05-05· cited 17×
• Yerington Ford, Inc. v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
  D. Nevada· 2004-12-15· cited 12×
• Chrysler Corporation v. Schiffer
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1999-02-26· cited 7×
• Doss v. Serra Chevrolet, Inc.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2000-10-13· cited 6×
• US Diagnostic, Inc. v. Shelby Radiology, PC
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-09-29· cited 5×
• Cahaba Forests, LLC v. Hay
  M.D. Alabama· 2013-02-28· cited 2×
• Vinson v. Ford Motor Credit Corp.
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-01-28· cited 1×

Cites

36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Wilson v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-10-03· cited 353×
• Carter v. Henderson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1992-05-01· cited 216×
• Aspinwall v. Gowens
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-05-01· cited 137×
• Berkel & Co. Contractors v. Providence Hosp.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-04-20· cited 112×
• Hall Motor Company v. Furman
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1970-04-02· cited 102×
• Bank of Red Bay v. King
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-12-20· cited 102×
• Bama Budweiser v. Anheuser-Busch
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1992-12-11· cited 74×
• Boswell v. Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1994-05-13· cited 70×
• Hines v. Riverside Chevrolet-Olds, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1995-01-13· cited 68×
• Jim Short Ford Sales, Inc. v. Washington
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1980-03-28· cited 54×
• POWER EQUIPMENT v. First Alabama Bank
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-08-09· cited 51×
• Dixie Electric Company v. Maggio
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1975-07-31· cited 48×
• Rosen v. Lawson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1967-09-14· cited 47×
• MacOn County Com'n v. Sanders
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1990-01-05· cited 42×
• Pihakis v. Cottrell
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1971-02-04· cited 40×
• Trio Broadcasters, Inc. v. Ward
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-09-12· cited 35×
• Holdbrooks v. Central Bank of Alabama, N.A.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-07-22· cited 34×
• Ex Parte Norwood Hodges Motor Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-07-03· cited 33×
• George v. Federal Land Bank of Jackson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-11-14· cited 32×
• Cowen v. M.S. Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1994-05-27· cited 30×