Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Myron K. Allenstein of Allenstein & Associates, Gadsden, for petitioners.
Cavender C. Kimble and Teresa G. Minor of Balch & Bingham, L.L.P., Birmingham; and George P. Ford of Ford & Associates, P.C., Gadsden, for respondent.
Jere L. Beasley, W. Daniel "Dee" Miles III, and Joseph H. "Jay" Aughtman of Beasley, Wilson, Allen, Crow & Methvin, P.C., Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Trial Lawyers Ass'n, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
Joseph G. Stewart, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Silicone Survivors Support Network, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
E.J. "Mac" McArthur, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama State Employees Ass'n, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
Darron C. Hendley, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Democrats for Christian Values, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
James C. King of King, Ivey & Warren, Jasper, for amicus curiae United Mine Workers of America-District 20, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
Joe M. Reed, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Democratic Conference, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
Katy Smith Campbell of Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders & Pettaway, Selma, for amicus curiae Alabama New South Coalition, Inc., in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
Mickey DeBellis, amicus curiae, pro se, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
Corrie Haanschoten, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Education Ass'n, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
Alva C. Caine of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, amicus curiae, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
Phillip W. McCallum of McCallum & Associates, Birmingham, amicus curiae "We the Jury", in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
John A. Owens of Owens, Carver & Almond, Tuscaloosa, amicus curiae, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
Joe R. Whatley of Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley, Birmingham, for amicus curiae American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
Earl Goodwin, amicus curiae, pro se, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
Christopher Reeve, amicus curiae, pro se, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
Reo Kirkland, Jr., Brewton, for amicus curiae Escambia County Democratic Executive Committee, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
Darron C. Hendley, Montgomery, for amici curiae Dog Hunters Ass'n, Victims of Crime and Leniency, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Alabama Retired Teachers Ass'n, Wheelin' Sportsmen of America, Inc., and Alabama Head Injury Foundation, in support of the petition for writ of mandamus.
William B. Sellers of Kaufman & Rothfeder, P.C., Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Citizens for a Sound Economy, in opposition to the petition for writ of mandamus.
Prof. Gene A. Marsh, Tuscaloosa, amicus curiae, in support of the petitioner.
E. Berton Spence of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, L.L.P., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama Healthcare Council, in opposition to the petition for writ of mandamus.
Jeffrey E. Friedman and John Michael Bowling of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Consumer Credit Ins. Ass'n, in opposition to the petition for writ of mandamus.
Matthew C. McDonald and Christopher Kern of Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, L.L.C., Mobile; and Phillip E. Stano of American Council of Life Ins., Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae American Council of Life Ins., in opposition to the petition for writ of mandamus.
Michael A. Bownes, general counsel; and Terry L. Raycraft and John J. Davis, associate counsel, Alabama Dep't of Ins., for amicus curiae Richard H. Cater, commissioner of insurance, on the issue of the legality of arbitration clauses in insurance contracts.
