Judgment and Order Approving Pro Tanto Settlement of Fees and Expenses Re Lawrence County

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December 31, 1986

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  • Case Files, Dillard v. Crenshaw County Hardbacks. Judgment and Order Approving Pro Tanto Settlement of Fees and Expenses Re Lawrence County, 1986. 254b79ac-b7d8-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/34499007-0173-47e2-92c6-4a04e3c2ada4/judgment-and-order-approving-pro-tanto-settlement-of-fees-and-expenses-re-lawrence-county. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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IN “THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT BEC 31 1860 : 

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JUDGMENT AND ORDER APPROVING PRO TANTO SETTLEMENT 
OF FEES AND EXPENSES REGARDING LAWRENCE COUNTY 

  

  

This matter comes to be heard on agreement and 

settlement pro tanto filed by plaintiffs and Lawrence County   

defendants. 

The court being of the opinion that the agreement and 

settlement is fair ang satisfactory, and the court being 

satisfied that the agreement is the voluntary act of both 

parties, 1t is hereby 

ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the settlement 

agreement filed with the court by and between Lawrence County 

aefencdants and plaintiffs be, and the same is, hereby approved. 

The court notes ana approves that plaintiffs have reserved unto 

themselves the right to proceed for attorney fees, costs and 

expenses against all other parties to the action, said 

rs reservation being approved by the court. 

JUDGMENT 1s hereby entered in favor of the Plaintiffs 

 



  

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John Dillard, et al. and against Lawrence County, gua county; 

Richard I. Proctor in his official capacity as Probate Judge of 

Lawrence County, Larry Smith in his official capacity as Circuit 

Clerk of Lawrence County, and Dan Ligon in his official capacity 

as Sheriff of Lawrence County in the amount of $50,000.00 which 

may be satisfied as follows: $33,333.00 plus six percent per 

annum from date hereon shall be paid on or before January 15, 

1988: the balance of the Judgment, namely $16,667.00 plus 

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the rate of six percent per annum from date hereon, i 

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shall be due and payable only in the event that the plaintiffs 

ultimately prevail on appeal. 

ENTERED and ORDERED this the 217 day oO
 

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