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COMPASS BANK v. SNOW

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823 So.2d 667 (2001)

COMPASS BANK and Compass Bancshares, Inc. v. Jucretia SNOW et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Edwards, Spencer M. Taylor, and F. Inge Johnstone of Balch & Bingham, L.L.P., Birmingham; and George M. Walker of Hand Arendall, L.L.C., Mobile, for appellants.

Richard T. Dorman, David G. Wirtes, Jr., and George M. Dent III of Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder & Brown, L.L.C., Mobile; Elizabeth Cabraser, Steve Fineman, David Stellings, and Erik Shawn of Leiff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, New York, New York; and Everette Doffermyre and David Hagy of Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine, Atlanta, Georgia, for appellees.

Fournier J. Gale III and John N. Bolus of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama Bankers Association.

LYONS, Justice.

Compass Bank and Compass Bancshares, Inc. (hereinafter referred to jointly as "the Compass defendants"), appeal from a class-certification order obtained by the plaintiffs in this case, who are present and former customers of the Compass defendants (hereinafter referred to as "the plaintiff customers"). We vacate the class-certification order and remand the case.

I. Factual Background and Procedural History

The plaintiff customers...

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