Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Counts
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 31, 1996No. 1940186PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
We granted certiorari review to determine whether the Court of Civil Appeals correctly reversed the trial court's award of attorney fees.
On or about March 14 or 15, 1993, Marshall J. Stockstill, a Louisiana attorney, contacted Alabama attorney Braxton Counts III about associating Counts as local counsel to help in Stockstill's representation of Roselynn Presley and Jane Vincent. Presley and Vincent had been involved in an automobile accident in Baldwin County and had retained Stockstill to represent them in their action against the other driver and that driver's insurance company. Stockstill…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commercial Union Ins. Co. v. Rose's Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- Johnson v. CerveraSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Baker v. Blue Circle, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1991
- Glenn Armentor Law Corp. v. CountsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1994
3Cited by4 opinions
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