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EX PARTE MASONITE CORP.

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681 So.2d 1068 (1996)

Ex parte MASONITE CORPORATION and International Paper Company. (Re Judy NAEF, et al. v. MASONITE CORPORATION, et al.). Ex parte MASONITE CORPORATION. (Re Judy NAEF, et al. v. MASONITE CORPORATION, et al.).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren B. Lightfoot, Mac M. Moorer and Lee M. Hollis of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham, and Sandy Robinson of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Mobile, for all petitioners.

Steven J. Harper and Richard C. Godfrey of Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Masonite Corporation.

Robert T. Dorman of McRight, Jackson, Dorman, Myrick & Moore, Mobile, and Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Michael F. Ram, Christine J. Anderson and Jonathan D. Selbin of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, for Respondents.

ALMON, Justice.

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...

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