Hicks v. Alabama: Sarah Hicks was convicted and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to ingesting cocaine while pregnant. She was convicted under Alabama law for chemical endangerment of a child. Hicks appealed her case on the grounds that an unborn fetus isn’t a “child.”

Kelley et al. v. Dailey: The City of Valley Grande’s fire department is volunteer based and independent of the municipality. In early 2011, a house fire in which the fire department assisted in fighting, killed two individuals. After the fire, the family of the victims were told that all bodily remains had been taken off site but the family filed suit for emotional distress and negligence when a body bag with additional remains was found on site.

Megan Marie Russell v. Keone Kaukawele Fuqua: Keone brought a petition to court to gain the ability to change his daughter’s last name to be hyphenated. The mother refused the change. The lower court granted the petition to the father. As a result, the mother appealed the ruling to the Alabama Supreme Court.