Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Alfa Mut. General Ins. Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 5, 1996No. 1941403PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Alfa Mutual General Insurance Company ("Alfa") petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court to vacate an order purporting to set aside a summary judgment entered for Alfa in an action filed against it by John B. Ledbetter.

The writ of mandamus is an extraordinary writ that applies "where a party seeks emergency and immediate appellate review of an order that is otherwise interlocutory and not appealable." Rule 21(e)(4), Ala.R.App.P. In order for this Court to issue a writ of mandamus, the petitioner must show that there is: "(1) a clear legal right in the petitioner…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Ex Parte Alfab, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1991
  2. Ex Parte Johnson Land Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  3. Swain v. TerrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  4. Union Springs Telephone Company v. GreenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  5. Ex Parte Hornsby IIISupreme Court of Alabama · 1995

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Ex Parte Flint ConstructionSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
  2. Evans v. WaddellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
  3. Pontius v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2005
  4. Malone v. GaineyCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1999
  5. Ex Parte JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998

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