Offer of Judgment

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Impact area
- Political Participation
Topic
- Voting Rights
Matter
- Dillard v. Crenshaw County
Case
- Dillard v. Crenshaw County
U.S. state
- Alabama
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
Identifier
- 7e9614de-b8d8-ef11-a730-7c1e5218a39c

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Case Files, Dillard v. Crenshaw County Hardbacks. Offer of Judgment, 1986. 7e9614de-b8d8-ef11-a730-7c1e5218a39c. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/50ac4038-6985-4193-b42c-5b040c2b05a8/offer-of-judgment. Accessed December 01, 2025.

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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.

OFFER OF JUDGMENT

Comes Calhoun County, Alabama, and its various represen-

tative individuals and offer judgment pursuant to FRCP 68 as

follows:

1. The Calhoun County Commission shall consist of [four

members to be elected from single member districts by the voters of

each district.

2. The districts shall be equal, as nearly as practicable,

in population.

3. The districts shall be drawn by agreement of the

parties.

4. Failing agreement between the parties on the district

lines, each shall submit to the Court its proposal and the Court

shall select one or shall order its own plan.

5 Compensation of Commissioners shall be as otherwise

provided by law.

6. There shall be a Chairman of the County Commission

elected by all the voters of the County.

7. The Chairman of the County Commission shall be the

chief executive of the County, shall preside at Commission meetings

and shall be responsible for the execution and implementation of

the policies adopted by the Commission.

BURNHAM. KLINEFELTER, HALSEY. JONES & CATER. P.C., ATTORNEYS, BOX 1618, ANNISTON, ALABAMA 36202

8. The Chairman of the County Commission shall not be

entitled to vote at Commission meetings except in the case of a tie

among the Commissioners. :

9, The Chairman of the County Commission shall not be

permitted to make or second motions at meetings of the Commission.

10. Compensation of the Chairman of the County Commission

shall be as otherwise provided by law.

11. Calhoun County shall secure the introduction and

legislation to formalize this agreement and shall submit it to the

United States Justice Department for preclearance under the Voting

Rights Act; however, upon appropriate order of the Court in this

case, it shall implement the terms of this offer immediately.

12. Calhoun County will pay the cost (including attor-

neys' fees) taxed to it by the Court.

BURNHAM, KLINEFELTER, HALSEY,

JONES & CATER, P. C.

Attorneys for Defendant

Calhoun County

. R. Burnham

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