BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. v. GORE

1920324.

701 So.2d 507 (1997)

BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. v. Ira GORE, Jr.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Quillen and Samuel M. Hill of Walston, Stabler, Wells, Anderson & Bains, Birmingham, for appellants.

Andrew L. Frey and Evan M. Tager of Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, D.C.; for BMW of North America, Inc.

Michael A. Epstein, Steven Alan Reiss, and Beth K. Neelman of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for Bayerische Motoren Werke, A.G.

Andrew W. Bolt II, Paula I. Cobia, and Stephen K. Wollstein of Bolt, Isom, Jackson and Bailey, Anniston; and John W. Haley and Bruce J. McKee of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for appellee.

C. Clay Torbert III of Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, P.A., Montgomery; for amicus curiae Alabama Development Office in support of appellants.

Hobart A. McWhorter, Jr., Linda A. Friedman, and John E. Goodman of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham; and Charles A. Newman and Lawrence C. Friedman of Thompson & Mitchell, St. Louis, MO; for amici curiae American Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc., and Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc.

Fourier J. Gale III of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham; and S. Allen Baker, Jr., of Balch & Bingham, Birmingham; for amicus curiae Business Council of Alabama, in support of appellants.


On Remand from the United States Supreme Court

PER CURIAM.

The United States Supreme Court has vacated our earlier judgment in this case and has remanded the cause for our further consideration in accordance with BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore, 517 U.S. 559, 116 S.Ct. 1589, 134 L.Ed.2d 809 (1996).

The facts are set out in their entirety in BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore,

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