GMAC v. CITY OF RED BAY

1000970.

825 So.2d 746 (2002)

GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION v. CITY OF RED BAY and Franklin County.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.W. Wilson and David E. Rains of Tanner & Guin, L.L.C., Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

Andrew P. Campbell, Janet R. Varnell, and Brian W. Warwick of Campbell, Waller & Loper, L.L.C., Birmingham; and Jeffrey L. Bowling and Robert I. Rogers, Jr., of Bedford, Rogers & Bowling, P.C., Russellville, for appellees.

Robert A. Huffaker and R. Austin Huffaker, Jr., of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., Montgomery, for amici curiae Automobile Dealers Association of Alabama and Business Council of Alabama, in support of the appellant.


LYONS, Justice.

General Motors Acceptance Corporation ("GMAC") appeals from a class-certification order obtained by the plaintiffs in this case, the City of Red Bay and Franklin County. We vacate the class-certification order and remand the case.

I. Facts and Procedural History

GMAC is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors Corporation; it also operates under the name GMAC Financial Services. In addition to insurance, mortgages, and commercial...

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