Defendants' Statement of the Issues

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Impact area
- Political Participation
Topic
- Voting Rights
Matter
- Mobile v. Bolden
Case
- Mobile v. Bolden
U.S. state
- Alabama
Collection
- Case Files
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- f014ffb3-cdcd-ef11-8ee9-6045bddb7cb0

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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 November 23, 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 

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