Ex Parte Masonite Corp.
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
These petitions, all seeking extraordinary review of preliminary matters in a class action, are due to be denied. The action seeks damages based on alleged defects in exterior siding manufactured by the Masonite Corporation. Masonite's1 petitions for the writ of mandamus and for permission to appeal seek to have the class certification set aside, the circuit judge recused, and the plaintiffs' attorneys disqualified, all on the basis of contacts between the circuit judge and the plaintiffs' attorneys that Masonite asserts were improper.
The allegations of improper ex parte contacts are not…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. ShuttsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Wanda Jenkins v. Raymark Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- School District of Lancaster v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,925 Arthur Young & Company v. United States District Court, Etc., Albert Kaufman, Real Parties in InterestCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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