Legal Opinion · Dissent

Delaney Exchange, LLC v. Engineering Design Group, LLC

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 5, 2016No. 1141219, and 1141245Published

1DissentMoore, Chief Justice

I respectfully dissent. Generally, I do not believe a writ of mandamus is the proper vehicle to effect a change of venue under the doctrine of forum non conve-niens unless the petitioning party has positively proven that the trial court has exceeded its discretion by arbitrarily and capriciously refusing to transfer the'action to another forum. Ex parte Transportation Leasing Corp., 128 So.3d 722, 733-34 (Ala.2013)(Moore, C.J., dissenting); Ex parte Allied-Signal, Inc., 561 So.2d 1062, 1064 (Ala.1990)(“All of [the mandamus factors] must be ‘positively found’ to justify dismissal.... ”); and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ex Parte Perfection Siding, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2003
  2. Ex Parte Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  3. Ex Parte Allied-Signal, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  4. Ex parte WMS, LLCSupreme Court of Alabama · 2014
  5. Weir v. Aquilex Hydrochem, LLCSupreme Court of Alabama · 2013

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