Ex Parte AmSouth Bank

AmSouth Bank, the defendant in an action pending in the Mobile Circuit Court, petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the circuit court to grant AmSouth's motion to dismiss that action on the ground that that court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction. AmSouth argues that the circuit court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction of the pending action because that action is the second action seeking class certification filed involving the same parties and substantially similar claims. We do not direct the circuit court to dismiss the action, but we do issue a writ directing the circuit court to put…