IN RE HUBBARD

Nos. 13-10281, 13-10283, 13-10382.

803 F.3d 1298 (2015)

In re: Mike HUBBARD, Del Marsh, Bob Riley, Petitioners. Alabama Education Association, an Alabama non-profit corporation, A-Vote, an Alabama political committee, Pam Hill, Jeff Breece, Chassity Smith, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Asea, et al., Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert Bentley, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Alabama and President of the State School Board, Defendant-Appellant, Joseph B. Morton, in his official capacity as Superintendent of Education, et al., Defendants, Del Marsh, Mike Hubbard, Bob Riley, Movants-Appellants. In re Robert Bentley, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Glenn Parker, Jr. , Andrew Lynn Brasher , James W. Davis , Margaret L. Fleming , Luther J. Strange, III , Alabama Attorney General's Office, Montgomery, AL, Matthew Howard Lembke , Michael R. Pennington , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Petitioners Mike Hubbard, Del Marsh, and Bob Riley.

Algert Swanson Agricola, Jr. , Albert Linch Jordan , Susan Elaine McPherson , for Petitioner Robert Bentley.

Edward Still , Edward Still Law Firm, LLC, Birmingham, AL, J. Cecil Gardner , The Gardner Firm, PC, Mobile, AL, Sam Heldman , The Gardner Firm, Washington, DC, Albert Swanson Agricola, Jr. , Ryals Donaldson & Agricola, PC, Montgomery, AL, Andrew Clay Allen , John Mark White , White Arnold Dowd, PC, Birmingham, AL, J. R. Brooks , Taylor P. Brooks , William W. Sanderson, Jr. , Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne, PC, Huntsville, AL, Julian D. Butler , Sirote & Permutt, PC, Huntsville, AL, Annary Cheatham , Cheatham & Associates, PLLC, Huntsville, AL, Joseph C. Espy, III , James Flynn Mozingo , Melton Espy & Williams, PC, Montgomery, AL, Matthew David Fridy , Susan Elaine McPherson , Albert Linch Jordan , Wallace Jordan Ratliff & Brandt, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Philip A. Hostak , Alice O'Brien , National Education Association, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, Rebekah Keith McKinney , Herman Austin Watson, Jr. , Watson McKinney, LLP, Huntsville, AL, Robert D. Segall , Copeland Franco Screws & Gill, PA, Montgomery, AL, Gregory B. Stein , Stein & Pilcher, LLC, Fairhope, AL, Theron Stokes , Alabama Education Association, Montgomery, AL, for Respondents.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge, and MARRA, District Judge.


In February 2011, the Alabama Education Association (AEA), a public-sector union, and related parties filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Alabama Act No. 2010-761 (codified at Ala.Code § 17-17-5) (Act 761). Act 761 "prohibit[s] a state or local government employee from arranging...

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