C. D. (Denny) Abbott v. William F. Thetford, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Judge of the Family Court of Montgomery County, Alabama

With respectful regard for the judgment of my brothers of the majority I *702am compelled to dissent. I am unable to agree with the rationale articulated or the result reached in the majority opinion (sometimes the opinion).

Without the least obeisance or hesitation, and in total disregard for the principles of comity and federalism, the court today has entered boldly into the chambers of the judge of a state court of record and concluded that the judge improperly discharged a member of his staff for exercising his First Amendment rights. Purporting to apply equitable principles, it has ordered…