Excellent article on the growing crisis for our rural counties in Alabama. 68% of private practice attorneys are in seven counties.

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🚨🚨 Opinions released by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on 2/21/25.

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Decisions of the Supreme Court of Alabama on 2/14/25.

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In honor of Valentines tomorrow …
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
It is an honor & privilege
To write opinions for you.
#RuleOfLaw

Investiture & Oath of Office for the Alabama appellate courts on 1/24/25.

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Thanks to Judge Anderson for bringing in one of his homemade King cakes this morning. Delicious.

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Looking forward to speaking to Professor @s_frisby’s Appellate Advocacy class @FaulknerLaw today.

By legislative Act in 1819, all one required to practice law was a license granted by the Alabama Supreme Court. But by an Act in 1821, all one needed was permission of 2/5 of the circuit judges to sign off on the granting of said license. Those 5 circuit judges also served as the Ala. Sup. Ct.

From the Ala. Sup. Ct. & Law Library - George Goldthwaite served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from January 2nd to January 15, 1856, the shortest tenure of any of Alabama's Chief Justices. He resigned to return to private practice.

Looking forward to tomorrow’s Investiture of the new Chief Justice of Alabama, Sarah Stewart, new Associate Justice Chris McCool, @cmc0031, & our newest judge on the Court of Crim. Appeals, Judge @andersonforAL.

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List of Decisions released by the Supreme Court of Alabama on 1/17/25.

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February 2025 Oral Arguments Docket at the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.

Six years ago today, I had the honor and privilege of entering the Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building for the first time as a judge on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. I extend my gratitude to the voters of Alabama for placing their trust in me for another six year term.

An honor to attend the Retirement Ceremony of Chief Justice Tom Parker. 20 years on the Supreme Court of Alabama. The last six years as CJ. Thank you for your service & leadership Chief.

Popped up on my FB timeline today from 2021. One of my favorite presentations to give because combines history, the law, and civics. And the last photo is my favorite in the presentation. #appellatesky#lawsky #Alabama #civics

Price was also the first presiding judge of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals when it was created in 1969.

The appointment was especially significant because the law at the time required that jurors be selected only from male citizens on the voter rolls thus excluding women from service on juries. In 1952, she was elected to the Court and served the State as an appellate judge until her death in 1972.

On January 12, 1951, Annie Lola Price of Cullman became the first woman to serve on an Alabama appellate court when she was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor "Big Jim" Folsom. (1/2)

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On June 11, 1879, Moore, now living in Lowndes County, Mississippi, applied for a passport, along with his wife, with the intention of traveling abroad. Whether he returned to British Guiana or possibly to Great Britain is a mystery.

He moved to Washington, D.C. where he attend Howard Law School and was among the first graduates of that school. In November of 1871, he was in Mobile, Alabama where he was admitted to the bar after examination in open court.

Moore had come to the United States aboard the ship Koomar on October 19, 1867, landing in the Port of New York. According to the passenger list, Moore, who listed his profession as a school teacher, boarded the ship in London.

From the Alabama Supreme Court & State Law Library … On this date in 1872, Moses Wenslydale Moore, born on February 15, 1841, in Demerara, British Guiana, was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Alabama, becoming the first African-American to be admitted before the Court.

Thank you #Alabama for the privilege of serving on the Court of Criminal Appeals for the last six years. Last week during family Christmas, I was honored to have the other Judge Minor, my brother, do my Oath of Office for my second term beginning later this month. It is an honor to serve.

As we prepare for the final bowl games and continue to hear about NIL for college athletes, let us recall the origins of intercollegiate athletics, which Thanks Justice Gorsuch for the history lesson, as noted in NCAA v. Alston (2021).

which date back to 1852, when Yale and Harvard participated in the first intercollegiate athletic event, a boat race sponsored by a railroad executive who provided the collegiate athletes with an all-expense-paid vacation, lavish prizes, and alcohol. Now you know.

As we prepare for the final bowl games and continue to hear about NIL for college athletes, let us recall the origins of intercollegiate athletics,