Sanders v. Colonial Bank of Alabama
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Colonial Bank ("the Bank") on a claim by Linda Sanders for injunctive relief and damages based on alleged unconscionability and bad faith in the Bank's assessing a $15 service charge for each check honored by the Bank when funds in Sanders's account were insufficient to cover the issued check. We affirm.
Two issues are presented:1 "1) If relief is granted by the trial court for an unconscionable contract, whether that relief can be limited to prospective relief only; and 2) whether the trial court erred in dismissing Sanders's complaint…
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2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Kennedy Elec. Co. v. Moore-Handley, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Lloyd v. Service Corp. of AlabamaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
- Jamestown Farmers Elevator, Inc., Formerly Mutschler Grain Company v. General Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Bennett v. Behring Corp.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1979
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