EX PARTE INTERNATIONAL REFINING & MFG. CO.

1051084.

972 So.2d 784 (2007)

Ex parte INTERNATIONAL REFINING & MANUFACTURING CO. d/b/a IRMCO et al. (In re Bell Carr, Jr., et al. v. International Refining & Manufacturing Co. d/b/a IRMCO et al.).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing May 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connie Ray Stockham and James M. Smith of Stockham, Carroll & Smith, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner International Refining & Manufacturing Co. d/b/a IRCO.

Sydney F. Frazier, Jr., and Michael E. Turner of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, LLP, Birmingham, for petitioner Nalco Company.

Leslie A. Caldwell of Lusk, Lusk, Dowdy & Caldwell, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner Amcol Corp.

J. Alex Wyatt and David A. Lee of Parsons, Lee & Juliano, P.C., for petitioner Sunnen Products Co.

Richard Eldon Davis of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, LLP, Birmingham, for petitioner Castrol Industrial North America, Inc.

H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Katie Loggins Vreeland, and Edwin B. Nichols of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner Allegheny-Ludlum Corporation.

David B. Hall, Sara M. Turner, and Jason Asbell of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioners AK Steel Corporation, ARMCO Advanced Material Co., ARMCO-Butler Operations, and. The Minster Machine Company.

Michael C. Quillen of Walston, Wells, Anderson & Birchall, LLP, Birmingham, for petitioners American Metal Fibers, Inc., ALRO Steel Corporation, and Lancaster Fibers, Inc.

Joe E. Basenberg and James S. Witcher III of Hand Arendall, LLC, Mobile, for petitioners Tennant Company, Premier Cutting Tools, Inc., Pine Bluff Cutting Tools, Inc., and Reiff & Nestor Co.

Douglas L. McCoy and Leanna Bankester of Hand Arendall, LLC, Mobile, for petitioners Bliss Clearing Niagra, Inc., Pine Bluff Cutting Tools, Inc., Tennant Company, and Reiff & Nestor Co.

Timothy W. Knight of Kee & Selby, LLP, Birmingham, for petitioners Lincoln Electric Company and L-Tec.

James E. Fleenor, Jr., of Battle, Fleenor, Green, Winn, Clemmer, LLP, Birmingham, for petitioner Buckman Laboratories, Inc.

Clifton Wayne Jefferis of Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, LLP, Jackson, Mississippi, for petitioner Chemco Manufacturing Company, Inc.

James H. McLemore of Capell & Howard, P.C., Montgomery, for petitioner Contacts, Metals & Welding, Inc.

Charles Fleming, Jr., of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP, Birmingham, for petitioner D.A. Stuart Company.

Stanley A. Cash of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP, Birmingham, for petitioners Rochester-Midland, Hollingsworth & Vose Company, and Houghton International, Inc.

Frank H. Lankford of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP, Birmingham, for petitioners Hollingsworth & Vose Company and Houghton International, Inc.

F. Grey Redditt, Jr., and Timothy A. Clarke of Vickers, Riis, Murray & Curran, LLC, Mobile, for petitioner Delta Foremost Chemical Corporation.

Matthew Robinett of Norman, Wood, Kendrick & Turner, Birmingham, for petitioner Inco Alloys International, Inc.

John Whitaker of Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, LLC, Birmingham; and John Martin Galese of Galese & Ingram, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner Joamca Chemical Products, Inc.

C. Paul Cavender, Kathryn Morris Willis, and David A. Bragdon of Burr & Forman, LLP, Birmingham, for petitioner Precision Industrial Automation, Inc.

William T. Mills II, J.C. Ireland III, and Larry W. Harper of Porterfield, Harper, Mills & Motlow, Birmingham, for petitioner Regal-Beloit Corporation.

Jere F. White, Jr., Harlan I, Prater IV, Adam K. Peck, John M. Johnson, Andrew S. Nix, Derrick A. Mills, and Philip McCall Bridwell of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham, for petitioners Certified Labs, a division of NCH Corporation, Chemsearch Labs, a division of NCH Corporation, GE Betz, Inc., Henkel Corporation, Loctite Corporation, Parker Anchem, and Tremco Incorporated.

G. Thomas Yearout of Yearout, Spina & Lavelle, Birmingham, for petitioner Research Solvents & Chemicals, Inc.

John C. Pierce and Michael A. Montgomery of Butler, Pappas, Weihmuller, Katz, Craig, LLP, Mobile, for petitioner S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Richard W. Smith and Deborah Alley Smith of Christian & Small, LLP, Birmingham, for petitioner Dexter Corporation n/k/a Invitrogen, Inc.

Apsilah Owens Millsaps and W. Ivey Gilmore, Jr., of Owens & Millsaps, LLP, Tuscaloosa, for petitioners Barksdale Warrior Paper Co. and Nonferrous Products, Inc.

John W. Clark, Jr., and Cynthia N. Williams of Clark, Oncole, Hair & Smith, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner A.M. Castle & Co.

H.C. Ireland III, Harry W. Harper, F. Brady Rigdon, and Hugh M. Flanagan of Porterfield, Harper, Mills & Motlow, P.A., Birmingham, for petitioner Spartan Chemical Co., Inc.

Sidney J. Hardy of McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzlemo, Hardy, Maxwell, & McDaniel, Metairie, Louisiana, for petitioner NSU Corp.

Charles E. Pearson, Tuscaloosa, and H. Gregory Pearson and Charles E. Harrison of Junkin, Pearson, Harrison & Junkin, L.L.C., Fayette, for respondents.


LYONS, Justice.

International Refining & Manufacturing Co. d/b/a IRMCO and 47 other corporate defendants in the proceeding below ("the petitioners") petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Fayette Circuit

Court to vacate its order denying the petitioners' motions to dismiss the claims against them, or, in the alternative, for a summary judgment. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

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