Motion to Dismiss

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Impact area
- Political Participation
Topic
- Voting Rights
LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorneys
- Larry T. Menefee
- James U. Blacksher
Organizations
- LDF
- Blacksher, Menefee & Stein
Matter
- Dillard v. Crenshaw County
Case
- Dillard v. Crenshaw County
U.S. state
- Alabama
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
Identifier
- 412c0e24-b9d8-ef11-a730-7c1e5218a39c

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Case Files, Dillard v. Crenshaw County Hardbacks. Motion to Dismiss, 1986. 412c0e24-b9d8-ef11-a730-7c1e5218a39c. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/32850fa3-22fc-48aa-aacf-de0d3087a7e4/motion-to-dismiss. Accessed April 06, 2025.

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    IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

JOHN DILLARD, et al., * 

PLAINTIFFS x 

VS: * C.A.# 85-T-1332-N 

CRENSHAW COUNTY, ALABAMA, * 

et al., 
* 

DEFENDANTS 
* 

MOTION TO DISMISS 

Come now the defendants Etowah County, Alabama; Lee Wofford, 

in his official capacity as Probate Judge; Billy Yates, in his 

official capacity as Circuit Clerk; and Roy McDowell, in his 

official capacity as Sheriff of Etowah County, and move the 

Court as follows: 

l. To dismiss this cause of action on the grounds that it 

states no claim against these defendants. 

FLOYD, KEENER & CUSIMANO 
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS 

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BY: er I) : (LQ & 

JACK “FLOYD 
816 Chestnut Street 
Gadsden, AL 35999-2701 
(205) 547-6328 

  

  

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I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing has been 
mailed to Larry. T. Menefee, Attorney, P. O. Box 1051, Mobile, 
Alabama 36633; Terry G. Davis, P. O. Box 6215, Montgomery, 

 



  

Alabama 36104; Deborah Fins, Julius L. Chambers, 99 Hudson 
Street, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10013; Edward Still, 714; 
South 29th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233; and Reo Kirkland, Jr., 
P. O. Box 646, Brewton, AL 36427, this the { day of January, 
1986. ~~ ( ™ ( oN wb IA QO 

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3 OF COUNSEL 

 



FLOYD, KEENER & CUSIMANO 

816 CHESTNUT STREET 

GADSDEN, ALABAMA 35999-2701 

Hon, Deborah Fins 

Hon. Julius L. Chambers 

99 Hudson Street MERE NRG 

16th Floor nai | 

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Motion to Dismiss

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