Smith v. Equifax Services, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that this Court will affirm the trial court's judgment if it is supported by any valid legal ground
• stating that an appellate court can affirm a judgment of a trial court for any reason, even one not raised in the trial court
• \[T]his Court will not reverse the trial court's judgment on a ground raised for the first time on appeal. . . .\
• \this Court will not reverse the trial court's judgment on a ground raised for the first time on appeal\
• appellate court may affirm judgment of trial court on any ground, including grounds not raised below
• trial court's judgment is due to be affirmed if it is supported by any valid legal ground

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

199 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Blue Cross and Blue Shield v. Hodurski
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2004-07-16· cited 236×
• Liberty Nat. v. Univ. of Ala. Health Servs.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-09-19· cited 215×
• Avis Rent a Car Systems, Inc. v. Heilman
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-09-12· cited 120×
• Rogers Foundation Repair, Inc. v. Powell
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1999-11-05· cited 113×
• Equity Resources Management, Inc. v. Vinson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1998-11-13· cited 109×
• Ex Parte Ryals
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-03-03· cited 104×
• Ex Parte Wiginton
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1999-09-17· cited 100×
• Lee L. Saad Constr. Co. v. DPF Architects, PC
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2002-11-27· cited 78×
• Michele M. Pitts v. Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and Donald Schiffer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2012-07-06· cited 77×
• Teplick v. Moulton
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2013-01-25· cited 69×
• Kitchens v. Maye
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-06-25· cited 67×
• McNabb v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2007-08-31· cited 65×
• Vesta Fire Ins. Corp. v. Milam & Co. Constr., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2004-08-27· cited 61×
• Ex Parte CTB, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-07-28· cited 58×
• Maryland Cas. Co. v. Tiffin
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-12-02· cited 57×
• Ex Parte Shelby Cty. Health Care Authority
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2002-08-30· cited 56×
• Ex Parte Williams
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1990-06-22· cited 55×
• Thompson v. Skipper Real Estate Company
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1999-01-15· cited 53×
• Allsopp v. Bolding, 1100432 (Ala. 9-30-2011)
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2011-09-30· cited 53×
• Cook's Pest Control, Inc. v. Boykin
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-06-29· cited 52×

Cites

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

• Harrell v. Reynolds Metals Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-09-19· cited 169×
• Tucker v. Nichols
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-05-06· cited 104×
• Old Southern Life Insurance Company v. Woodall
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1976-01-22· cited 89×
• National States Ins. Co. v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1980-08-22· cited 65×
• Costarides v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-09-21· cited 60×
• Harris v. Board of Water and Sewer Com'rs of City of Mobile
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1975-10-02· cited 52×
• Willis v. Demopolis Nursing Home, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1976-08-20· cited 44×
• MUTUAL BENEFIT HEALTH & A. ASS'N OF OMAHA v. Bullard
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1960-05-19· cited 39×
• Browning v. Birmingham News
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1977-06-10· cited 36×
• Sanford v. Western Life Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-01-26· cited 28×
• Bank of Southeast v. Koslin
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1980-02-29· cited 28×
• Holley v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-03-26· cited 27×
• Zeigler v. Blount Bros. Const. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1978-12-01· cited 25×
• Hooper-Holmes Bureau, Inc. v. Bunn
  Fifth Circuit· 1947-04-25· cited 22×
• Gillilan v. Federated Guar. Life Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-02-24· cited 18×
• Mills v. Welk
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-05-10· cited 15×
• Gay v. Broder
  California Court of Appeal· 1980-08-11· cited 13×
• Retail Credit Co. v. Garraway
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1961-01-30· cited 12×
• Velastequi v. Exchange Insurance
  Civil Court of the City of New York· 1986-07-29· cited 12×
• North Carolina Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Holley
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-09-16· cited 11×