Clerk's Filing Notice of Motion for Setting of Election

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May 4, 1978

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  • Case Files, Bolden v. Mobile Hardbacks and Appendices. Correspondence from Schnapper to Days, 1978. 40c255c6-cdcd-ef11-8ee9-6045bddb7cb0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/21eb0e5b-9140-474c-9bed-a0b08578b45b/correspondence-from-schnapper-to-days. Accessed May 02, 2025.

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    November 1, 1978 

Prew S. Days, III 

Assistant Attorney General 
Civil Rights Division 
Department of Justice 
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Drew: 

The Supreme Court has taken two cases 
involving the rule of White v. Regester, 412 
U.S. 755 (1973), that the use of at-large 

elections may be forbidden if they disenfranchise 
minority voters, City of Mobile v, Bolden, 

No. 77-1844; Williams v. Brown, No. 78-357. 

Some members of the Court have for several 
years been uneasy about the developing caselaw, 
and we suspect there may be a major retrench- 
ment. The greatest dangers are that they will 
hold White does not apply to city elections, or 
that White is bad law after Washington v. Davis. 
The issue is of great importance, since at-large 
voting schemes are by far the most important 
device now in use in the south to keep blacks 
from holding public office or wielding any 

political power. 

  

  

  

  

An amicus brief from the government would, 

needless to say, be welcome. If these cases 
are of possible interest to you, I would be glad 
to provide the relevant materials to whoever in 
the Department might work on them. 

Yours gincerely, 

Sr a tr 

Eric Schnapper 
ES:aa 

  

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