Ex Parte Jones, Morrison, Womack & Dearing

The law firm of Jones, Morrison, Womack Dearing, P.C., an Atlanta, Georgia, law firm; the law firm of Stokes, Clinton, Fleming Sherling, and its successor firm, Stokes Clinton, P.C., a Mobile law firm; and Paul Clinton, a partner in Stokes, Clinton, Fleming Sherling and Stokes Clinton, P.C., separately petitioned this Court for certiorari review of the Court of Civil Appeals' holding that SouthTrust Bank's appeal of a summary judgment in their favor would not be dismissed as moot. We granted the writ of certiorari initially to address the petitioners' argument that the Court of Civil Appeals'…