EX PARTE ILLINOIS CENT. GULF R.R. CO.

87-230, 87-6.

537 So.2d 899 (1988)

Ex parte ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY. (In re: Nelson KEENE v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY). Ex parte CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. (In re: Kervin BALOM v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Vastine Stabler, Jr., Michael C. Quillen, and Scott A. Spear of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, for petitioner CSX Transp., Inc.

Broox G. Holmes of Armbrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmes & Reeves, Mobile, and Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, St. Paul, Minn., for petitioner Illinois Cent. Gulf R. Co.

Clarence M. Small, Jr., and Norma Mungenast Lemley of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for respondent Kervin Balom.

Richard F. Sharrard of Pratt and Callis, East Alton, Ill., and Tyson & Tyson, Mobile, for respondent Nelson Keene.

Charles E. Sharp and Joel A. Williams of Sadler, Sullivan, Sharp & Stutts, Birmingham, for amici curiae Southern R. Co., Cent. of Georgia R. Co., and Burlington Northern R. Co.

Hobart A. McWhorter, Jr., and Joseph B. Mays, Jr., of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Illinois Cent. Gulf R. Co., on behalf of CSX Trans., Inc.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ("I.C.G."), petitions for a writ of mandamus ordering the Circuit Court of Mobile County to grant I.C.G.'s motion to dismiss the action pending against it. Petitioner CSX Transportation, Inc. ("CSX"), petitions for a similar writ of mandamus to the Circuit Court of Jefferson County. Both motions to dismiss are based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens and a...

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