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BUTLER v. ALABAMA JUDICIAL INQUIRY COMM

No. 00-14137

245 F.3d 1257 (2001)

Robert Butler, W. Thomas Gaither, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission, Randall L. Cole, in his official capacity, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

DECIDED March 27, 2001

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Marcus Givhan, Charles A. Powell, III, James C. Barton, Sr., Johnston, Barton, Proctor & Powell, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Larry B. Childs, Walston, Stabler, Wells, Anderson & Bains, Randall D. Quarles, Walston, Wells, Anderson & Bains, LLP, William J. Baxley, Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin & McKnight, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

H. Hampton Boles, Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, AL, for The Alabama State Bar, Amicus Curiae.

Before EDMONDSON, HILL GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of this country. Both state courts and federal courts have the authority and the duty to enforce the federal Constitution. This case is one in which the federal courts were invited to become involved in a controversy that was already before a state court and also invited to stop the state court proceeding. So, questions of federalism...

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