Working v. Jefferson County Election Commission

Although I agree with the general thrust of the main opinion, I must concur in the result in part and dissent in part. Specifically, I concur in the affirmance of the trial court’s judgment insofar as the trial court refused to order mediation of the claim for attorney fees under state law given the trial court’s correct conclusion that, as to the state-law claims for attorney fees, the defendants enjoy sovereign immunity under Art. I., § 14, of the Alabama Constitution. Where I disagree with the main opinion is in its failure to address the issue of immunity as it relates to the plaintiffs’…