HARPER v. PROFESSIONAL PROBATION SERVICES INC.

No. 19-13368.

976 F.3d 1236 (2020)

Catherine Regina HARPER, on behalf of herself and those similarly situated, Jennifer Essig, Shannon Jones, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PROFESSIONAL PROBATION SERVICES INC., Defendant-Appellee, City of Gardendale, Alabama the, a municipal corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily Early , Samuel Jacob Brooke , Alexandra Marie Jordan , Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stephen E. Whitehead , Bryan Andrew Grayson , Devon Kehres Rankin , Lloyd Gray Whitehead & Monroe, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Joshua A. House , Institute for Justice, Arlington, VA, for Amicus Curiae Institute for Justice.

James S. Christie, Jr. , Sirote & Permutt, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Amici Curiae Brian Lovins, Vincent Schiraldi.

Before NEWSOM and BRANCH, Circuit Judges, and BAKER, District Judge.


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