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BUTLER v. ALABAMA JUDICIAL INQUIRY COM'N

No. 00-14137.

261 F.3d 1154 (2001)

Robert BUTLER, W. Thomas Gaither, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The ALABAMA JUDICIAL INQUIRY COMMISSION, Randall L. Cole, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 15, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

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

Before EDMONDSON, HILL and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

This case returns to our court after we certified some questions to the Alabama Supreme Court. See Butler v. Alabama Judicial Inquiry Comm., 245 F.3d 1257 (11th Cir.2001) (Butler I). Based on the Alabama Supreme Court's response to the certified questions, we conclude that some of the claims are moot and that the district court should have abstained from deciding the remaining claims.

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