SIMMONS v. CONGER

No. 94-6808.

86 F.3d 1080 (1996)

Glynnie B. SIMMONS, Concerned Citizens for a Caring Family Court, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellees, v. Paul S. CONGER, Jr., in his individual capacity and as Circuit Judge, 6th Judicial District, of the State of Alabama, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Elizabeth Culberson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, AL, Richard H. Gill, Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A., Montgomery, AL, for appellant.

Walter E. Braswell, U.S. Attorney, Birmingham, AL, Edward Still, Birmingham, AL, for appellees.

Before BIRCH and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by a former circuit court judge in Alabama from the issuance of a permanent injunction against him, as well as his successors in office, permanently enjoining them from excluding members of the public from any divorce trial convened in the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Alabama, absent a prior judicial determination that their public interest in a particular trial is outweighed by a specifically identified compelling state interest...

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