Defendants' Statement of the Issues
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November 14, 1980

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Case Files, Bolden v. Mobile Hardbacks and Appendices. Defendants' Statement of the Issues, 1980. f014ffb3-cdcd-ef11-8ee9-6045bddb7cb0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/6cbcff75-dff6-4b3a-b12a-5b8279a4ce5c/defendants-statement-of-the-issues. Accessed June 17, 2025.
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION WILEY L. BOLDEN, et al., Plaintiffs, VS. :- CIVIL ACTION -NO. 75-297-P CITY OF MOBILE, et al., : Defendants. DEFENDANTS' STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES Pursuant to this Court's Order Defendants file the following statement of issues before the Court on remand: l. Whether the Alabama state legislature is currently maintaining the City of Mobile's at-large form of government for the purpose of diluting the vote of black citizens. 2. Whether the Plaintiffs have a private right of action to enforce section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 3. Whether section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 establishes a substantive legal standard different from that of the fifteenth amendment; i.e., does section 2 not require a showing of current discriminatory purpose? EL TAO, C. B. ARENDALL, JR. (/ lu 0 ftir WILLIAM C. TIDWELL, P. O. Box 123 Mobile, Alakama 36601 Attorneys for Defendants City of Mobile, et al. OF COUNSEL: HAND, ARENDALL, BEDSOLE, GREAVES & JOHNSTON CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that I have on this (aay of November, 1980, served a copy of the foregoing pleading on counsel for all parties to this proceeding by United States mail, properly addressed, first class postage prepaid, to: J. U. Blacksher, Esquire Messrs. Blacksher, Menefee & Stein P. O. Box 1051 Mobile, Alabama 36601 Edward Still, Esquire * Messrs. Reeves and Still » Suite 400, Commerce Center 2027 lst Avenue, North Birmingham, Alabama 35203 Jack Greenberg, Esquire Eric Schnapper, Esquire Suite 2030 10 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Honorable Wade H. McCree, Jr. Solicitor General of the United States Department of Justice Washington, D. C. 20530 Drews S. Days, III, Esquire Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice Washington, D. C. 20530 A ln SC Dll 2m