adopting the dissenting panel opinion of Judge Gewin, 529 F.2d 695, 707-08, which notes the “fundamental requirement of cooperation and confidence” between a judge and his chief probation officer
How later courts described this case
- adopting the dissenting panel opinion of Judge Gewin, 529 F.2d 695, 707-08, which notes the “fundamental requirement of cooperation and confidence” between a judge and his chief probation officer
- under balancing test of Pickering v. Board of Education, 391 U.S. 563, 88 S.Ct. 1731, 20 L.Ed.2d 811 (1968), judicial officer not liable in civil-rights action challenging discharge of chief probation officer
- adopting the dissent of Gewin, J.
- judicial officer not liable in civil rights action challenging discharge of chief probation officer
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
PER CURIAM:
The majority panel opinion in this cause, 529 F.2d 695 -702 is reversed, vacated and *1103 set aside. The Court en banc adopts as its opinion the dissenting opinion of Judge Gewin, 529 F.2d 702 -709 [from which the syllabus paragraphs are drawn]. Accordingly the judgment of the district court, 354 F.Supp. 1280 (M.D.Ala.1973) is AFFIRMED.