Wallace v. Belleview Properties Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding, “A judgment is either final or it is not. The law does not have two types of finality, one brand of finality for purposes of being able to execute upon a judgment and another brand of finality for purposes of appealability.”
• “When the trial court enters a Rule 54(b) certification, there is a facially valid order from which the time for filing a notice of appeal starts to run.”
• “[W]e believe that the better course is to require that a party seeking to challenge the propriety of a Rule 54(b) certification do so in a timely appeal from the certified judgment” because “[t]o allow a later appeal of a judgment certified as final pursuant to Rule 54(b

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fuller v. Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2013-12-20· cited 18×
• Contractors Edge, Inc. v. City of Mankato
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2015-05-20· cited 10×
• Ex parte Lereta, LLC
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2016-12-02· cited 9×
• Robbins v. Coldwater Holdings, LLC
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2015-03-13· cited 2×
• Erbey Holding Corporation v. Black Rock Financial Management, Inc.
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2025-12-18· cited 2×
• Wright. v. City of Mobile
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2015-05-15· cited 1×
• Tanner v. Tanner
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2013-07-19
• Andrea Murphy v. The Electric Board of the City of Russellville; Darren S. Woodruff, individually and as chairman of the Electric Board of the City of Russellville; Charles R. Canida, individually and as chief executive officer of the Electric Board of the City of Russellville; and Joan Pace, Jerry McDuffa, Dexter Hamilton, and Bill Jackson, individually and as members of the Electric Board of the City of Russellville (Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court: CV-17-900080).
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2024-10-04

Cites

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

• Catlin v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1945-02-26· cited 2,668×
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Wetzel
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-23· cited 988×
• Branch v. Southtrust Bank of Dothan, N.A.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-10-02· cited 100×
• Jerry Keith and Connie Keith v. Truck Stops Corporation of America, John Doe or John Doe Inc. Appeal of Truckstops of America Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1990-07-24· cited 96×
• Dzwonkowski v. Sonitrol of Mobile, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2004-04-23· cited 94×
• Brown v. Whitaker Contracting Corp.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1996-05-03· cited 82×
• Page v. Preisser
  Eighth Circuit· 1978-10-02· cited 78×
• Powell v. Republic National Life Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1974-09-12· cited 77×
• Redding & Company, Inc. v. Russwine Construction Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1969-03-21· cited 74×
• Schwartz v. Compagnie General Transatlantique
  Second Circuit· 1968-12-11· cited 74×
• Ex Parte S. Palmer Keith
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1998-11-06· cited 67×
• The Farmers'loan and Trust Co.
  Supreme Court· 1889-01-21· cited 63×
• Paul E. Repass v. Albert L. Vreeland and Leonard G. Brown, Individuals, and Vreeland & Brown, a New Jersey Partnership in the Practice of Law
  Third Circuit· 1966-01-31· cited 60×
• Schlarb v. Lee
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2006-10-13· cited 58×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-07-12· cited 54×
• Robinson v. Computer Servicenters, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1978-06-30· cited 54×
• CLARKE-MOBILE COUNTIES GAS v. Prior Energy Corp.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2002-05-03· cited 52×
• Goldome Credit Corp. v. Player
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2003-07-11· cited 48×
• HARPER SALES v. Brown, Stagner, Richardson, Inc.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1999-08-27· cited 47×
• Sho-Me Motor Lodges v. JEHLE-SLAUSON CONST.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-01-11· cited 45×