Legal Opinion

Ex Parte First Nat. Bank of Jasper

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 16, 1997No. 1961542PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

First National Bank of Jasper ("the Bank") petitions for a writ of mandamus directing Judge James Moore, judge of the Fayette County Circuit Court, to vacate an order "conditionally" certifying an action against the Bank as a class action pursuant to Ala. R. Civ. P. 23. We grant the petition.

This action began on May 24, 1994, when Henry Dale Odom filed a complaint in the Fayette County Circuit Court against the Bank. Also named as defendants were John Crump Motors, Inc., d/b/a/ John Crump Mazda ("Crump"); and Protective Life Insurance Company. Odom alleged that he had purchased an automobile…

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2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Amchem Products, Inc. v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  2. General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. FalconSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John and Connie Yonki, Carl and Kathryn Corona, Dallas and Patricia Nelson, Mynard and Mildred Duncan, Kirby L. Stegman, Dewayne Anderson, Morris and Barbara Betzold, in No. 94-1064. Rudolph Jenkins, William D. Cunningham, Mather Johnson, Forrest Charles Ginn, Buren William Jones and Martin D. Parkman, in No. 94-1194. Parish of Jefferson, in No. 94-1195. The State of New York, in No. 94-1198. Elton Wilson, Individually, and Frank I. Owen, Individually and on Behalf of the Residents of the State of Alabama, in No. 94-1202. City of New York, in No. 94-1203. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1207. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1208. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in No. 94-1219Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by51 opinions

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  3. Ex Parte Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2003
  4. Solomon v. Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2006
  5. Gould v. National Life InsuranceDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1998

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