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Notice: T h i s o p i n i o n i s s u b j e c t t o f o r m a l r e v i s i o n b e f o r e p u b l i c a t i o n i n t h e advance s h e e t s o f Southern R e p o r t e r . R e a d e r s a r e r e q u e s t e d t o n o t i f y t h e R e p o r t e r o f D e c i s i o n s , A l a b a m a A p p e l l a t e C o u r t s , 300 D e x t e r A v e n u e , M o n t g o m e r y , A l a b a m a 3 6 1 0 4 - 3 7 4 1 ((334) 2 2 9 - 0 6 4 9 ) , o f a n y t y p o g r a p h i c a l o r o t h e r e r r o r s , i n o r d e r t h a t c o r r e c t i o n s may b e made b e f o r e t h e o p i n i o n i s p r i n t e d i n Southern R e p o r t e r .

SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA
OCTOBER TERM, 2009-2010

1080982 Ex p a r t e Bank o f A m e r i c a , N.A., et a l .

PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (In r e : C h a r l e s E. W i l s o n v. JPMorgan Chase & Company (Jefferson C i r c u i t SHAW, Justice. of America, N.A.; Banc & of America Investment J.P. Bank Morgan (USA); Court, etal.)

CV-08-901907)

Bank Services, Securities;

LLC; Bear

JPMorgan Stearns

Chase Funding,

Company; I n c . ; RBC

1080982 Gardner-Michael and Peck, Capital, & "the action a writ Albert Inc.; The LLP Bank of New York Mellon; to a

Shaffer as

Williams,

(hereinafter

referred in

collectively putative this the class for

petitioners"), pending of L. in the

a l l defendants trial court,

petition judge, from

Court

mandamus d i r e c t i n g t h e Johnson, We deny to the recuse

trial himself

Honorable over

presiding The

this action.

petition. Wilson, filed is a

representative of Jefferson

p l a i n t i f f b e l o w , C h a r l e s E. County. On J u n e 17,

a resident

2 0 0 8 , he

c l a s s - a c t i o n c o m p l a i n t i n the wrongdoing officials, handling County of by and various other

Jefferson

C i r c u i t Court a l l e g i n g government issuance in and

financial parties to

institutions, the

concerning the sewer The

debt

related sewer

system

Jefferson sought and

("the of

system"). class

complaint of a l l

certification ratepayers alleged: of

a

consisting system. The

users

the

sewer

complaint

further

"The g e n e s i s of t h i s c i v i l a c t i o n can ... be t r a c e d to the s e r i e s of events over the l a s t e l e v e n to fifteen years where the Jefferson County Commissioners, various investment banks, insurers and a d v i s o r s h a v e c o n t i n u o u s l y f a i l e d to act i n the b e s t i n t e r e s t s of the c i t i z e n s of J e f f e r s o n County. Through a long s e r i e s of i l l - c o n c e i v e d f i n a n c i a l transactions, the sewer ratepayers of Jefferson 2

1080982 County have been s a d d l e d w i t h a debt of roughly $11,491 per r e s i d e n t i a l sewer customer, w h i c h i s the h i g h e s t i n the n a t i o n . A l s o , the sewer ratepayers h a v e s e e n e x p o n e n t i a l g r o w t h , an i n c r e a s e o f 329%, in their sewer r a t e s i n the last eleven years-

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