White v. Miller

How courts have described this case

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

• disallowing claims for \fraud and deceit\ grounded in an illegal contract
• \It is well settled that `[e]xpress or implied contracts entered into by an unlicensed general contractor are null and void because they violate public policy.'\
• `It is well settled that \[e]xpress or implied contracts entered into by an unlicensed general contractor are null and void because they violate public policy.\'
• ‘It is well settled, however, that the contractor “cannot, by way of estoppel, endow with validity a transaction which is illegal and against public policy.” ’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lee v. YES of Russellville, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-11-17· cited 41×
• Thyssenkrupp Steel USA, LLC v. United Forming, Inc.
  S.D. Alabama· 2013-01-29· cited 18×
• Fausnight v. Perkins
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2008-05-23· cited 9×
• Glenn Construction Co. v. Bell Aerospace Services, Inc.
  M.D. Alabama· 2011-05-19· cited 5×
• Lee v. YES of Russellville, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-03-14· cited 3×
• Meyer v. CDI CONTRACTORS, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2008-05-21· cited 3×
• KLW Enterprises, Inc. v. West Alabama Commercial Industries, Inc.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2009-09-04· cited 2×
• Rape v. Poarch Band of Creek Indians
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2017-09-29· cited 2×
• Triple D Trucking, Inc. v. American Petroleum Equipment & Construction, Inc.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2003-05-23· cited 2×
• King v. Riedl
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2010-08-06· cited 1×
• Construction Services, LLC, d/b/a MCA Construction, Inc. v. RAM-Robertsdale Subdivision Partners, LLC, Retail Specialists, LLC, and Rodney Barstein
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2026-06-18

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cooper v. Johnston
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1969-02-06· cited 38×
• Hawkins v. League
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-03-27· cited 26×
• Tucker v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1975-02-13· cited 24×
• Cochran v. Ozark Country Club, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1976-11-24· cited 15×
• ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHICS AND CONST. SERV., INC. v. Pitman
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1982-07-23· cited 11×
• J & M INDUSTRIES, INC. v. Huguley Oil Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-05-05· cited 10×
• Goodwin v. Morris
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1983-02-16· cited 6×