Title: Ex parte Shari Harrison as Executrix of the Estate of B.L. Bishop. PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS: CIVIL (In re: The Estate of B. L. Bishop) (Marshall Circuit Court: CV-10-206). Petition Denied. No Opinion.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 1100360
State: Alabama
Issuer: Alabama Supreme Court
Date: October 7, 2011

REL: 10/07/2011
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SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA
OCTOBER TERM, 2011-2012
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1100360
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Ex parte Shari Harrison, as executrix of the estate of B.L.
Bishop
PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
(In re: Estate of B.L. Bishop)
(Marshall Circuit Court, CV-10-206)
MAIN, Justice.
PETITION DENIED.  NO OPINION.
Malone, C.J., and Woodall and Bolin, JJ., concur.  
Murdock, J., concurs specially.
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MURDOCK, Justice (concurring specially).
The petitioner, Shari Harrison, as executrix of the
estate of B.L. Bishop, seeks a writ of mandamus from this
Court on the ground that the claims and proceedings at issue
are barred by principles of collateral estoppel and/or res
judicata because of a ruling by the circuit court that that
court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over similar claims
and proceedings previously filed in, but dismissed by, that
court.  It is not clear to me what, if any, difference exists
between the posture of, or the facts relating to, the previous
claims and proceedings and the posture of, or the facts
relating to, the newly filed claims and proceedings, which the
circuit court has decided not to dismiss.  The uncertainty
affecting this case also prevents me from concluding, however,
that a clear legal right to relief has been shown at this
juncture.  For this reason, I concur in denying the petition
for the writ of mandamus.