Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 5, 2001No. 1990361PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

1 The plaintiffs in the other cases are Henry Lee Lewis, James Cecil Redd, John Elba Underwood, Kathryn E. Kilgore, Harry Louie Chandler, Mary Ann Cook, Joe Maye, Winfield Akers, Moses Driver, Sr., Richard Henry Walker, M.C. Murphy, and Bernard Edward Jackson.

Norfolk Southern Railway Company petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing Circuit Judge J. Scott Vowell to vacate his order granting a purported petition to perpetuate the testimony of Dr. Max Rogers for use in 44 prospective, unfiled cases pursuant to Rule 27, Ala.R.Civ.P. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Nunn v. BakerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
  2. De-Gas, Inc. v. Midland ResourcesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  3. Ex Parte BrunerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1999
  4. Moore v. AsheSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  5. Boshell v. LaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1992

3Cited by23 opinions

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  3. Gw v. Dale County Dep. of Human ResourcesCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2006
  4. J.B. v. A.B.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2004
  5. PINKERTON SEC. AND INVES. SERV., INC. v. ChambleeSupreme Court of Alabama · 2006

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