Correspondence from Floyd to Counsel Re: Etowah County District Plan

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June 17, 1986

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- Dillard v. Crenshaw County
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- Dillard v. Crenshaw County
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- Alabama
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Case Files, Dillard v. Crenshaw County Hardbacks. Correspondence from Floyd to Counsel Re: Etowah County District Plan, 1986. 4c2676c0-b7d8-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/10a6f481-ee41-4713-8040-aa6b37fd44a9/correspondence-from-floyd-to-counsel-re-etowah-county-district-plan. Accessed January 10, 2026.

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    FLOYD, KEENER & CUSIMANO / 

Attorneys atl ow Cc Q a / / 5 3 / £ 2 

816 CHESTNUT STREET 

GADSDEN, ALABAMA 35999-2701 

  

JACK FLOYD TELEPHONE: 
LARRY H. KEENER 
GREGORY S. CUSIMANO AREA CODE 205 
JAMES E. HEDGSPETH, JR. 
MICHAEL L. ROBERTS June 17, 1986 547-6328 
DAVID A. KIMBERLEY 

Mr. Larry T. Menefee 
Attorney at Law 
P. O. Box 1051 

- Mobile, AL 36633 

Mr. Terry G. Davis 
Attorney at Law 
P. O. Box 6215 
Montgomery, AL 36104 

Ms. Deborah Fins 
Attorney at Law 
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 
New York, N.Y 10013 

Mr. Edward Still 
Attorney at Law 
714 South 29th Street 
Birmingham, AL 35233 

Reo Kirkland, Jr. 
P. O. Box 646 
Brewton, AL 36427 

Gentlemen: 

Find enclosed the proposed five district plan with elected 
county executive for Etowah County. I have enclosed a map with 
the information sent to Mr. Menefee and Mr. Still. Those are 
the only maps available at the present time and others will be 
forwarded when completed. 

Jac Floyd Pp 

JF/ jb 

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Tract/Block/ED 

0013 218-224 
0013 BG 3 
0016 107-112,123-126 
0016 224,231-233 
0016 230p 
0016 325,328,333-335 
0016 401-409,423,427- 
0016 BG Ss 
0017 304,308-320,322, 
0017 408,409,411 ,419- 
0017 918,920,921,923, 
0105 ALL 

0106 ALL 

Total 

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ETOWAH COUNTY COMMISSION 

FIVE DISTRICT PLAN 

District 1 

Total 

147 

906 

278 

143 

72 

329 
429 343 

756 
323 394 
422 340 
924 57 

Deviation = +260 

Percent Deviation = +1.26% 

Black 

  

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ITract/Block/ED 

0002 BG 2 

0002 309-324,331-340,342, 
0002 508-518,520,526,527 
0004 ALL 

000S ALL 

0007 BG 1 

0007 316-324 

0008 102-104,107-128 
0013 BG 1 

0013 201-208 

0013 411-430 

0014 ALL 

0015 102-116 
0001S . 311.312 

0101 231,233 

0101 301,310-319,328, 329, 
0102 BG 1 

0102 408-409 

0103 917-950 

0107 ALL 

0108 ALL 

Total 

District 2 

343,346 860 

332-336 46S 

Deviation = +10S 

Percent Deviation = +0.51% 

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District 3 

Tract/Block/ED Total 

0006 BG 2 
899 

0006 BG 3 462 
0006 BG 4 . 737 
0009 BG 3 922 
0009 BG 4 S516 
0009 BG 5S 683 
0009 BG 6 707 
0009 BG 7 279 
0011 127 0 
0102 201-203,215-220,231,234 262 
0102 BG 3 S10 
0102 402-407,410-425 497 
0102 BG S 772 
0102 BG 6 721 
0102 BG 7 1041 
0102 BG 8 990 
0102 BG 9 275 
0103 101-111,119-132 871 
0103 ED S25, ED S526 313 
0104 104-105,107-108,110-112,126 243 
0104 931,939p,943,950p, 951,953,954 578 
0109 ALL 1227 
0110 ‘ALL 7089 

Total 20594 

Deviation = 

Percent Deviation = 

-17 

-0.08% 

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Tract/Block/ED 

0001 121,124-126,141 
0001 215-220,223,225 
0008 212-215,218,219 
0008 301-303,306-313 
0010 BG 1 
0010 201-206,211-214 
0011 ALL except 127 
0012 ALL 
0103 ED 52, ED s28 
0103 112-118,133-137 
0103 Bg 2 
0103 906 
0104 106,109,123,127- 
0104 BG 2 
0104 BG 3 
0104 BG 4 
0104 BG 8 
0104 903-918, 926, 948- 
0104 951p, 
0104 ED S529 
0111 ALL 

Total 

District 4 

142 443 

128 212 

949,955-989 2862 

Deviation = 

Percent Deviation = 

White Black 
441 

C 
130 

1 
207 1 
384 

21 
439 

30 
441 

13 
3903 26 
2618 26 
1066 0 
226 

0 
768 0 
32 

0 
210 0 
419 

9 
1129 31 
777 

1 
138 

0 
2852 0 

24 
0 

214 
0 

3897 46 

2031S 205 

+60 

+0.29% 

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District 5S 

Iract/Block/ED Total 
0001 101-120,123,131,134,140 156 
0001 201-211,214,222. 224 43 0002 108-126,129-133 1253 
0002 329,330,341, 344, 345 103 
0002 409-423 389 
0002 S501,505,506,519, 524 587 
0002 906 

20 
0003 ALL 

4764 
0006 BG 1 

761 
0007 201-203,209-213,219-224 661 
0007 301-315,325-327 178 
0008 101,105,106,129,130 100 
0008 201-211,216,217,220 239 
0008 304,305,314-322 642 
0009 BG 1 

776 
0009 BG 2 

102 
0010 207,210,215,216 476 
0010 BG 3 

760 
0013 210-217,225 228 
0013 401-403,408-410,431-434 263 
0015 117-119 

231 
001S 202,206-21S 461 
0015 302-310,313-317, 321 913 
0016 101-104,113-115,127-129 571 
0016 205-221,229,230,234 708 
0016 308-319,327,330-332 81s 
0016 410-422,424,425,430 441 
0017 BG 1 

337 
0017 BG 2 

782 
0017 301-303,307,321 197 
0017 904-917,919 29 
0101 104-133 69S 
0101 201-203 17 
0101 206-230,232,234 S7S 
0101 302-309, 324,326,332 228 0102 206-214 332 
0102 221,222,225,226,228,229, 232 372 

Total 2020S 

Deviation = -406 

Percent Deviation = -1.97% 

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April 28, 1986 

 



    

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NY, 
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District Population 
20871 
20716 
20594 
20671 
2020S 

  

ETOWAH FIVE DISTRICT PLAN 

STATISTICAL SUMMARY 

White Pct 
20572 98.57% 
20139 97.21% 
19986 97.05% 
20315 98.28% 
7794 38.57% 

Ideal District 

Overall Deviation [] 

Pet. Pct 
1.09% +1 
2.53% +0 
2.68% -0 
0.99% +0 

60.88% -1 

April 28, 1986

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