Correspondence from Floyd to Assistant Attorney General

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October 23, 1986

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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
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- 9a9251d9-b7d8-ef11-a730-7c1e527e6da9

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Case Files, Dillard v. Crenshaw County Hardbacks. Correspondence from Floyd to Assistant Attorney General, 1986. 9a9251d9-b7d8-ef11-a730-7c1e527e6da9. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/48dfd7bf-affd-4cb2-b834-9c12fde8cf3a/correspondence-from-floyd-to-assistant-attorney-general. Accessed April 06, 2025.

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FLOYD, KEENER & CUSIMANO 

816 CHESTNUT STREET 

GADSDEN, ALABAMA 35999-2701 

  

JACK FLOYD TELEPHONE: 
LARRY H. KEENER 
GREGORY S. CUSIMANO AREA CODE 205 
JAMES E. HEDGSPETH, JR. October 23, 1986 
MICHAEL L. ROBERTS 547-6328 
DAVID A. KIMBERLEY 

Assistant Attorney General 
Civil Rights Division 
Department of Justice 
Washington, D.C. 20530 

Re: Additional Information Concerning the 
Second Amended Submission 
under Section 5 of Voting Rights Act 
for Etowah County, Alabama, based upon 
a Consent Decree 
SAPD 1 TEL ON DE     

Dear Sir: 

On September 9, 1986, as attorneys for Etowah County, 
Alabama, we forwarded to you for your review pursuant to Section 
5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a SECOND AMENDED SUBMISSION 
FOR THE ELECTION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ETOWAH COUNTY, 
ALABAMA, BASED UPON COMPROMISE AND A CONSENT DECREE WITH THE 
BLACK PLAINTIFFS IN THAT CERTAIN CIVIL ACTION STYLED JOHN 
DILLARD, ET AL. VS. CRENSHAW COUNTY, ALABAMA, ET AI CIVIL 

ACTION NUMBER 85-T-1332-M, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, on which we requested EXPEDITED 
CONSIDERATION. A copy of the Submission of September 9, 1986, 
is enclosed. 

We have received return receipts for certified mail showing 
that the Second Amended Submission was received by your office 
on September 17, 1986. Photostatic copies of the return 
receipts are enclosed. 

The Plan submitted to you for review and preclearance has 
now been approved by the United States District Court as a 
settlement on an INTERIM BASIS pending your preclearance of the 
Plan. A copy of the Court's Order dated October 14, 1986, is 
attached hereto and made a part hereof. 

 



  

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October 23, 1986 

  

We again respectfully requests that EXPEDITED 
CONSIDERATION be given by you and that you approve and clear 
the Plan. 

It would appear that the sixty day period for consideration 
and preclearance on the Consent, Second Amended Submission would 
end on November 17, 1986. 

SIRS fo 

Jack Floyd 
Attorney for Etowah County, 
Alabama 

Be kind enough to advise. 

JF/jb 

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing has been 
mailed to Paul Hyland, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530; James 
Blacksher, Attorney, P. O. Box 1051, Mobile, AL 36633; Larry T. 
Menefee, Attorney, 300 21st Avenue, North, Title Building, 5th 
Floor, Birmingham, Alabama 35203; 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; Dave Martin, Lawrence County Attorney, 215 S. Main 
Street, Moulton, AL 35650, H. R. Burnham, Calhoun County 
Attorney, P. O. Box 1618, Anniston, AL 36202, Buddy Kirk, 
Pickens County Attorney, P. O. Drawer AB, Carrollton, AL 35447, 
David R. Boyd, P. O. Box 78, - AL 36104, this Wi => 
day of October, 1986. 

  

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