Order Approving Etowah County's Settlement

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Includes Correspondence from Floyd to Judge Thompson.

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- Political Participation
Topic
- Voting Rights
Matter
- Dillard v. Crenshaw County
Case
- Dillard v. Crenshaw County
U.S. state
- Alabama
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
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- 32994edf-b7d8-ef11-a730-7c1e527e6da9

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Case Files, Dillard v. Crenshaw County Hardbacks. Order Approving Etowah County's Settlement, 1986. 32994edf-b7d8-ef11-a730-7c1e527e6da9. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/50955e29-7d3f-4c96-8cd1-30dc720a38e3/order-approving-etowah-countys-settlement. Accessed November 01, 2025.

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    FLOYD, KEENER & CUSIMANO 

Attorneys al Faw 

816 CHESTNUT STREET 

GADSDEN, ALABAMA 35999-2701 

  

JACK FLOYD TELEPHONE: 
LARRY H. KEENER 
GREGORY S. CUSIMANO November 7, 1986 AREA CODE 205 
JAMES E. HEDGSPETH, JR. 
MICHAEL L. ROBERTS 547-6328 
DAVID A. KIMBERLEY 

Honorable Myron H. Thompson 
United States District Judge 
Federal Building 
Montgomery, AL 36104 

Re: Dillard vs. Crenshaw County, et al. 
Case No. 85-T-1332-N 

Dear Judge Thompson: 

Find enclosed the Order approving Etowah County's Settlement. 
We have heretofore forwarded to your Honor our Motion for 
approval of the Etowah County settlement on a final basis. 

Yours very truly, 

Jac Floyd 

JF/jb 

Enc. 

cc: James Blacksher 

Attorney at Law 
P. O. Box 1051 
Mobile, AL 36633 

Larry Menefee 
Attorney at Law 
300 21st Avenue North 
Title Bldg. 5th Floor 
Birmingham, AL 35203 

Deborah Fins 
Julius Chambers 
99 Hudson Street 

New York, N.Y. 10013 

 



® ® 

  

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

NORTHERN DIVISION 

JOHN DILLARD, et als, * 

PLAINTIFFS * 

VS. * CASE NO. 85-T-1332-N 

CRENSHAW COUNTY, ALABAMA, * 

et als, 
* 

DEFENDANTS 

  

Pursuant to the order of this Court entered October 14, 1986, 

this Court has been notified that the Department of Justice has 

precleared the proposed election plan for Etowah County pursuant 

to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. Section 

1973(c). The Court having previously determined in its order of 

October 14, 1986, that the requirements of Rule 23, Federal Rules 

of Civil Procedure were met and that the proposed settlement was 

fair, just and equitable, and the Department of Justice having now 

precleared the proposed changes pursuant to Section 5 of the 

Voting Rights Act, the Court hereby finally approves the proposed 

settlement. The proposed consent decree previously submitted by 

the parties will be approved. 

This the day of r 1986. 
  

  

  

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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