HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., Appellants,
v.
SHELL OIL COMPANY d/b/a Shell Chemical Company, Hoechst Celanese Corporation, and E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Company, Respondents.
Supreme Court of South Carolina.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard November 18, 2003.
Decided January 12, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David A. Collins, of Smith & Collins, of Charleston; Fleet Freeman, of Freeman & Freeman, of Mt. Pleasant; Justin O'Toole Lucey, of Mt. Pleasant; M. Lee Robertson, Jr., of Mt. Pleasant; and Paul Dominick, of Nexsen Pruet Jacobs Pollard & Robinson, LLP, of Charleston, for appellants.
Timothy W. Bouch and G. Hamlin O'Kelley, III, of Leath Bouch & Crawford, LLP, of Charleston; and David T. Harvin and Erica L. Krennerich, of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., of Houston, for respondent Shell Oil Company.
Jane W. Trinkley and Robert L. Widener, of McNair Law Firm, P.A., of Columbia; and Paul M. O'Connor, III, and Seth Moskowitz, of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, of New York, for respondent Hoechst Celanese Corporation.
Henry B. Smythe, Jr., and David B. McCormack, of Buist Moore Smythe McGee P.A., of Charleston; and Kathleen Taylor Sooy, of Crowell & Moring LLP, of Washington, for respondent E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Company.
Supreme Court of South Carolina.
Justice WALLER:
In this direct appeal, the trial court denied appellants' request for class certification and granted summary judgment in favor of respondents. The main issue of this appeal is whether two nationwide class action settlements approved by the Alabama and Tennessee state courts are entitled to full faith and credit, thereby precluding appellants—as absent class members who did not opt out—from proceeding...
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