Attachments A and B (Time Sheets and Affidavits)
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November 6, 1986

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Case Files, Dillard v. Crenshaw County Hardbacks. Attachments A and B (Time Sheets and Affidavits), 1986. 27ebef8a-b7d8-ef11-a730-7c1e527e6da9. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/73eb7435-44a5-4873-b5f3-82fd5a441717/attachments-a-and-b-time-sheets-and-affidavits. Accessed April 06, 2025.
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Attorneys Larry T. Menefee James U. Blacksher Gregory B. Stein Wanda J. Cochran Reo Kirkland, Jr. ¥W. Edward Still Deborah Fins Paola Maranan (paralegal) ATTORNEYS’ Hours 398.10 55.10 382.0 TOTAL FEES FEES Fees $47,772. $44,028. 350. $12,950. 5,210. $14,730. $ 6,887. $11,460. ATTACHMENT A 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 00 19,425. 7.815. 22,095. 10, 331. 17,190. 00 $215,081.00 Page No. 10/28/86 DATE 11/21/85 11/22/85 11/25/85 11/26/85 12/02/85 12/05/85 12/06/85 12/09/85 12/10/85 12/11/88 12/12/85 12/13/85 12/16/85 12/17/85 1 TIME OF LARRY T. MENEFEE IN DILLARD vs CRENSHAW COUNTY, et al FOR 11/08/85 TO 12/31/85 BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P. A. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES research re historical issues and review joinder and defendant class issues, confer research assistants and experts re polarized vote analysis research re joinder issues and polarized vote analysis problems, confer with McCrary letters to Hanks and Davidson t/ with co-counsel Fins, defense atty and meet with McCrary re preparation of intent case. research re discovery, confer with client re settlement, research joinder issues research re joinder issues and prep discovery t w/ defensae atty, research re ammended complaint, travel to Montgomery for status conference confer with defense counsel re status conference and settlement, attend status conference, research re amended complaint and district plan,ret. to Mob research and draft discovery and amended complaint, confer with Still re Pickens research and draft complaint and discovery research and draft amended complaint, t w/ various co. Officials, tw/ Kirkland re Escambia Co research and draft amended complaint, research at co. law library re local statutes, confer with plaintiffs final proof of motion and amended pleading, confer with clients and research re local forms of govt. confer with client Thomas re Etowah and research confer with co-counsel and outline work/testimony for experts HOURS Page No. P] TIME OF LARRY T. MENEFEE IN DILLARD vs CRENSHAW COUNTY, et al FOR 11/08/85 TO 12/31/85 10/28/86 BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P. A. DATE DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES HOURS 12/18/85 confer with clients, research re legislative 1.90 history, research and prepare service of summons, complaint and discovery 12/19/85 prepare and mail summons and service copies, confer 1.40 with clerk 12/20/85 t w/ clerk re service and research same 0.80 12/26/85 research re historical evidence and respond to 1.90 client inquiry 12/27/85 historical research 1.20 X Xk X Total Xx ¥ X% 41.90 Page No. 1 TIME OF LARRY T. MENEFEE IN DILLARD vs CRENSHAW COUNTY, et al FOR 01/01/86 TO 10/27/86 10/28/86 BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P. A. DATE DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES HOURS 356.20 Page No. l TIME OF J.U. Blacksher IN DILLARD vs CRENSHAW COUNTY, et al FOR 01/01/86 TO 10/27/86 10/28/86 BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P. A. DATE DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES HOURS xk Xx Total *** 365.00 Page No. 10/28/86 DATE 12/17/85 12/19/85 12/26/85 *x% Total ¥ Xk X 1 TIME OF J.U. Blacksher IN DILLARD vs CRENSHAW COUNTY, et al FOR 11/08/85 TO 12/31/85 BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P. A. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES Confs Menefee, Cochran re discovery, strategy Study file Research venue, joinder HOURS 0.80 0.50 0.60 1.90 AFFIDAVIT OF GREGORY B. STEIN STATE OF ALABAMA ) MOBILE COUNTY ) Gregory B. Stein, being duly sworn on oath, deposes and says as follows: I was admitted to the practice of law in September, 1975, and have been engaged in private practice in Mobile, Alabama, since that time. The vast majority of my practice (over 90%) has been in the fields of civil rights and constitutional law. Attached hereto is a description of time expended by me in connection with the Dillard v. Crenshaw County action. There was only one occasion when I expended a significant amount of time in connection with this action and for which I will claim fees. The entry of time was extracted from time logs I have maintained on a daily basis of work done. To the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the time logs and the description of time attached hereto accurately reflect the time I expended in connection with this litigation for which I will claim compensation. Subscribed and sworn to Nagin ; 7 OY ; 7 { iT “7. Lea A ry / / 7.) {Al I 4 / \ OL. A {2/0 NOTARY PUBLIC " > ry ] > h a s a | — < Be ; _— Sh [0S ] — O 0p ) — 4 Ri oy = ‘} ~~ = ™ Fr \/ > _ = Ay My Cummission Expires January | Yor #2 EY PI GREGORY B. STEIN | | Page No. 1 TIME OF GREGORY B. STEIN IN DILLARD vs CRENSHAW COUNTY, et al FOR 01/01/86 TO 10/27/86 10/28/86 BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P. A. DATE DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES HOURS STATE OF ALABAMA ) ESCAMBIA COUNTY ) AFFIDAVIT OF REO KIRKLAND, JR. Reo Kirkland, Jr., after being duly sworn deposes and says as follows: "l. I am one of the attorneys for plaintiffs in this action. 2. I was admitted to practice in 1977 and have been engaged in the private practice of law continuously as a sole practitioner. 3. I am a member of the Escambia County and Alabama Bar Associations. I am licensed to practice before all state courts in Alabama and the United States District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts. 4. My current hourly rate for federal civil litigation is $100.00 per hour. 5. Attached hereto is a compilation of the time sheets which I maintained during my participation in this case. They reflect the work that I have performed for which I have not been compensated. 6. 1 believe the time reflected by the attached compila- tion is both reasonable and necessary to properly meet my professional responsibilities to the plaintiffs and the plaintiff class. 7. I undertook the representation of the plaintiffs in this cause ‘on a contingent fee basis understanding that any fee I recover will be by courtaward." me this the & gay of November, 1986. , My Commissil xpires 2/17/90 TELEPHONE AREA CODE 205 OFFICE. 867-5711 HOME: 867.3384 REO KIRKLAND, JR. ATTORNEY AT LAW 307 EVERGREEN AVENUE BREWTON, ALABAMA MAILING ADDRESS P.O. BOX 6486 November 4 , 1 9 8 6 BREWTON, ALABAMA 36427 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED RE: JOHN DILLARD, ET AL V. CRENSHAW COUNTY, ETC., ET AL CIVIL ACTION NO. 85-7-1332-N IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION 12/11/85 12/11/88 12/11/85 12/23/85 1/2/86 1/6/86 1/13/86 1/13/86 1/13/86 1/16/86 Phone conference with Larry Menefee & Jerome Gray Phone conference with Larry Menefee Phone conference with Ulysesses McBride Phone conference with Jerome Gray Receipt & review amended complaint, plaintiff's first discovery request and appearance of counsel notice 1 Receipt & review of letter to all plaintiffs from Larry Menefee Receipt & review of letter from J. Blacksher to all Probate Judges re: settlement Receipt & review Pickens County Motion to Dismiss Receipt & review Lawrence County request for briefing schedule and oral argument and motion to dismiss or transfer or sever and transfer or to dismiss class action allegations Receipt and review Etowah County Motion to Dismiss Receipt and review Lawrence County answer for Clerk, Larry Smith Receipt and review motion for leave to amend complaint and amended complaint 0 hr. +31 hr. Page Two November 4, 1/16/86 1/16/86 1/16/86 1/16/86 1/17/86 1/20/86 1/22/86 1722/86 1/24/86 1/24/86 1/24/86 1/27/86 1/28/86 1/28/86 1/28/86 1/28/86 1986 Receipt and review Etowah County motion to sever and amended motion to dismiss and motion to transfer «4 1, Receipt and review Calhoun County motion to dismiss «1 hl Receipt and review Coffee County motion to dismiss v2 DY. Receipt and review of plaintiff's response to Pickens County motion to dismiss and motion to change identification of parties «lhy, Receipt and review of letter brief on res judicata raised by Pickens County defendant «+5 ‘Hr. Receipt and review of Pickens County request for briefing schedule and oral argument on motion to dismiss «Ahr. Receipt and review of Order of court setting motions for hearing «1 hr. Receipt and review of Pickens County answer to plaintiff's response to Pickens County motion to dismiss «2 hr. Phone conference w/J. Blacksher re: Escambia County settlement TC od Receipt & review of nonfiling discovery requirement from Clerk of Court «1 hr, Receipt & review of plaintiff's reques for admissions 1.0. hr. Receipt & review of Ed Still explanation on plaintirf's request for admissions «l:hy. Receipt & review of Etowah County regeust for admissions «75 hr. Receipt & review of Escambia County brief in support of motion to dismiss and/or sever and/or transfer «75 hr. Receipt & review of amended notice of appearance from Lawrence County defendants «1 hr, Phone conference w/Lee Otts, Escambia County attorney «25 hr. Page Three November 4, 1/28/86 1/29/86 1/30/86 1/31/86 1/31/86 1/31/86 2/3/86 2/4/86 2/4/86 2/6/86 2/10/86 2/11/86 2/13/86 2/14/86 2/14/86 1986 Phone conference w/Jim Webb's secretary Receipt & review Pickens County brief in support of motion for summary judgment Phone conferences w/J. Webb and Black firm to set up settlement meeting sher Receipt & review of Lawrence County memorandum brief in support of motion to dismiss transfer oY Receipt & review memo in support of Coffee County motion to dismiss Receipt & review Pickens County subst of page 1 of brief changing to motion dismiss Phone conference w/Jim Blacksher re: settlement meeting Receipt & review answer to plaintiff’ interrogatories and motion to produce Pickens County Probate Judge W.H. Lan Settlement meeting with J. Blacksher, Otts, J. Webb and Escambia County pla Receipt & review of plaintiff's petit for preliminary injunction and class tion order and receipt & review plain ltute to S by g, et al Lee intiffs ion certifica- tiffs brief in response to defendant's motion to dismiss and/or sever and/or transfer support of plaintiff's motion for pre injunction and class certification wi attachments Receipt & review address correction f Deborah Fins Receipt & review Order of Court dated 2/10/86 setting motion hearing for Ma 4, 1986 Receipt & review Etowah County defend amended answer Receipt & review proposed consent dec Crenshaw County Phone conference w/Jim Blacksher re: injunction and settlement and in liminary th rom ch ant's ree preliminary “2 hy, 1.0 hr. 3.0. hrs. «Shir. “3 "hr. Page Four November 4, 1986 2/17/86 2/17/86 2/18/86 2/18/86 2/19/86 2/20/86 2/21/86 2/21/86 2/21/86 2/24/86 2/24/86 2/24/86 2/25/86 Receipt & review three settlement proposals submitted to Lawrence County defendants and Etowah County settlement proposal .57hr. Receipt & review motion of Crenshaw County Probate Judge to be excused from active participation in hearings v2 hr. Receipt & review proposed consent decrees for the following counties: Escambia, Calhoun, Coffee, Crenshaw, Pickens and proposed settle- ment with Crenshaw County Phone conference w/J. Blacksher re: election return evidence and possible settlement proposals 5 hr, Receipt & review plaintiff's motion to shorten time and plaintiff's second discovery request 25 hy Receipt & review motion to join Lee County as defendant proposed amended complaint and proposed consent decree Receipt & review proposed consent decrees for Talladega County «2.-hr. Receipt & review Lawrence County defendant's response to plaintiff's first discovery request <5 hr. Receipt & review Pickens County answer to plaintiff's request for admissions settlement Phone conference w/J. Webb re: and memo to file Receipt & review Order of court dated 2/21/86 and receipt & review Etowah County answers to plaintiff's interrogatories and motion to produce «2 Dr. Receipt & review Escambia County defendant's response to request for admissions and responses to interrogatories by all Escambia County defendants Receipt & review offer from Escambia County defendants attorney J. Webb Receipt & review plaintiff's witness list and plaintiff's list of exhibits web hr. vi NX Page Five November 4, 1986 2/25/86 Receipt & review Lawrence County defendants witness list and response to request for admissions .25 hr. 2/26/86 Receipt & review proposed settlement with Crenshaw County +25 hr. 2/26/86 Receipt & review Escambia County's witness and document list and Lawrence County supple- ment witness list and exhibit list and Etoway County witness list +5 hr. 2/26/86 Phone conference w/J. Blacksher, Larry Menefee and Ed Still +5 Nr. 2/26/86 Phone conference w/Jerome Gray +54hyr., 2/27/86 Receipt & review of plaintiff's additional list "Of exhibits, letter from J. Webb re: settlement, and amendment to Escambia County defendants designation of documents and plaintiff's request for judicial notice 1.0 hr. 2/27/86 Phone conferences w/J. Reed, J. Webb, E. Still re: settlement negotiations 2.0 hrs, 2/28/86 Phone conference w/J. Blacksher, J. Webb and J. Gray AL 2/28/86 Phone conference w/L. Menefee and E. Still «25 hr. 3/3/86 Receipt & review plaintiff's proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law and preliminary injunction 1.5 hr. 3/3/86 Conference w/J. Blacksher re: Escambia County settlement documents +25 hr. 3/4/86 Phone conference w/J. Webb «25 hr. 3/4/86 Phone conference w/J. Gray v25 hr. 3/6/86 Phone conference w/J. Blacksher re: change in wording of settlement document «25 hr. 3/7/86 Phone conference w/J. Gray and J. Webb re: district lines meeting «25 hr. 3/12/86 Travel----Brewton to Montgomery to Brewton Conference to agree on district lines w/J. Webb, L. Meneff and J. Gray 6.0 hr. Page Six November 4, 1986 3/14/86 Phone conference w/L. Menefee's secretary re: Converence w/Judge Thompson +1 Rr. 3/17/86 Travel--Brewton to Montgomery to Brewton Settlement converence w/Judge Thompson 6.0 hrs. 3/26/86 Recelpt & review letter to Justice Department from J. Webb re: preclearance of plan for districts and elections in Escambia County «2 hr. 4/1/86 Receipt & review letter from L. Menefee to Justice Department re: preclearance of Escambia County plan 1-ht, 4/16/86 Phone conference w/L. Menefee v2 Ar. 4/17/86 Review file on Crenshaw and Escambia County cases 1.0 hr. 4/17/86 Receipt & review Escambia and Crenshaw County interim orders «25:hr. 4/18/86 Phone conference w/J. Gray hy. 4/18/86 Travel--Brewton to Montgomery to Brewton 6+5. hr. 4/29/86 Phone conference w/L. Menefee re: final order .1 hr. 5/1/86 Receipt & reveiw proposed final order approving settlement and consent decree for Escambai County «25 hr. 5/5/86 Receipt & review final order approving settlement and final consent decree for Escambia County .4 hy. 5/29/86 Receipt & review notice of pretrial hearing, order denying Escambia County defendant's motion to dismiss, and order and injunction as to Calhoun, Coffee, Etowah, Lawrence and Talladega Counties and memorandum opinion of the court «45 hr. TOTAL HOURS—=—===———mm=———— 52.10 hrs. 52.10 hours at $100.00 per hour--=—=—===m——————-— $5,210.00 Long Distance Phone Charges———=—=====m meer em ———————— 83.12 POS LAGE vr wr cr me set tr sw oe st son we se 1 we ie cs aw or sor vet pr we penn or or pw es 3.45 Travel 3/12/86 220 miles; Trave. 3/17/86 220 miles; Travel 4/18/86 220 miles at $.22 per mile--=—=—-===- 145.20 PATK LIIC mm sviom tr tr mr vt son ro rr mtr ene wr a ce sr ms gn 2.00 TOTAL DUE---855,443.77 EDWARD STILL’S CASE TIME SUMMARY FOR DILLARD V CRENSHAW CO date hours 01/15/86 1.75 01/15/86 1.50 01/16/86 5.00 01/20/86 0.25 01/21/86 1.75 01/21/86 0.50 01/24/86 6.75 01/29/86 1.00 01/30/86 0.75 01/30/86 0.25 02/03/86 0.40 02/03/86 0.60 02/04/86 5.00 02/05/86 0.25 02/05/86 1.75 02/06/86 0.25 02/07/86 7.75 work performed Telephone to Menefee re: division of work in preparation of case; Starting Peter Kitrell to work Research on res judicata (Pickens) Preparing discovery to defendants; reviewing census data Received motion to dismiss; Telephone to Blacksher re: response to it Preparing request to admit telephone conferences with Blacksher re: Talladega and Lawerence Co. Trip to Talladega to discuss settlement; Telephone to Blacksher; work on Settlement Telephone to Blacksher re: Pickens brief; finding relevant Pickens orders; Letter to Blacksher Checking old court file on Talladega case Telephone from Blacksher re: authority tc settle Telephone from Blacksher re: settlements Prep for Lawrence Co. meeting Trip to Lawrence Co. Telephone from Blacksher re: Lawrence Co. Etowah Co. : Telephone to Floyd, Reed; research Received Talladega 1970 order; Telephone to Blacksher trip to Montgomery; settlement discussions with various defendants; oral orgument; conference with Blacksher, Cochran, Grey, Wilson 02/10/86 02/11/86 02/13/86 02/14/86 02/14/86 02/20/86 02/20/86 02/21/86 02/24/86 02/25/86 02/26/86 02/27/86 02/28/86 02/28/86 03/03/86 03/04/86 03/05/86 03/18/86 03/28/86 03/31/86 11. 10. .40 .80 .50 «10 «20 .60 .40 «50 .70 «50 «75 .60 50 Reading our brief Research on Talladega Co; Letter to Blacksher Conference with Blacksher re: setlements Telephone to, Letter from settlement in Etowah Floyd re: Telephone from Martin re: settlement in Lawerence; Telephone from Boyd Telephone to, Letter to Vaughan re: Talladega Review all settlement offers: Conference with Blacksher and Cochran Preparing motion for judicial notice; Reviewing defendants’ position Telephone from Cochran re: exhibits; reading Escambia answers to discovery Telephone to Blacksher; review of Henderson v Graddick work on statement of facts; prep for trial Escambia: Telephone from Jim Webb re: settlement discussions: telephone to Reo Kirkland; telephone from Blacksher Escambia: telephone conf with Blacksher and Kirkland re: settlement Trial preparation Reviewing proposed findings of facts and conclusions of law; telephone calls re: tomorrow’s conference with judge Trial preparation; conference with judge and opposing counsel Trial; return trip to Birmingham Telephone from Ernie Jones reviewing materials Blacksher sent to Judge telephone from Blacksher re another request 2 04/01/86 04/02/86 04/03/86 04/10/86 04/14/86 04/15/86 04/18/86 04/21/86 04/24/86 04/25/86 04/28/86 05/12/86 05/22/86 06/02/86 06/03/86 06/04/86 06/05/86 from Judge Thompson; research on primary election laws telephone to Blacksher re any preparations we need to make in anticipation of possible rulings by Judge Thompson received Calhoun offer of judgment; compared to our proposed settlement telephone from Blacksher re our response, if any, to Calhoun’s offer of judgment telephone from Fins re Rule 68 from Calhoun Co. telephone to Menefee re trial preparation telephone to Menefee re trial preparation telephone from Menefee; telephone to Maranan; telephone to Henderson telephone conference w/Maranan re getting demographic data needed by Henderson; reviewing census reports; telephone to Henderson telephone to Maranan re maps and statistics conference w/Blacksher re Russell Co. research letter from Judge Thompson; telephone to Blacksher re letter analysis of Ft. Lauderdale case; letter to Blacksher received and read orders and opinions conference w/Blacksher and Menefee re likelihood of appeal by defendants and preparation for 23 July hearing preparation for hearing; telephone to Henderson, Maranan, Blacksher; letter to Henderson checking Corder file for material to be used in trial (Pickens Co.) 3 06/09/86 06/12/86 06/13/86 06/13/86 06/16/86 06/16/86 06/17/86 06/17/86 06/19/86 06/19/86 06/19/86 06/23/86 06/24/86 06/26/86 07/07/86 07/08/86 08/22/86 .60 .30 .00 +25 «70 .25 +25 .20 +30 .10 .00 .80 3.00 letter from and to Henderson re materials he needs for trial, theory of defense, etc.; telephone from Blacksher re judge’s request for status letter; preparing for Henderson testimony letter from Jones, telephone to Blacksher re Calhoun and Pickens received statements from Lawrence, Etowah, and Talladega counties; telephone to Blacksher and Menefee; preparing letter to Floyd re offer of judgment (Etowah) preparing letters to Floyd re offer of judgment and settlement; telephone to Blacksher (Etowah); letter to clients letter from and letter to Henderson telephone to Blacksher re settlement discussions with defendants (Etowah County): telephone to Gray conf with Blacksher and Menefee re settlement, hearing, etc.; letter from and telephone to Henderson re missing data (Etowah) reviewing plans of county (Lawrence) reviewing county scheduling proposal telephone to Burnim re work being done by assistants at Voting Rights Project telephone from Maranan; telephone to Blacksher re preparation for trial and stipulation telephone to Blacksher analysis of Thornburg v Gingles reading many documents received from defendants in last 2 days; telephone to Blacksher . attending pretrial conference; conference with 4 08/24/86 08/25/86 09/02/86 09/03/86 09/08/86 09/10/86 09/11/86 09/26/86 09/30/86 10/02/86 10/22/86 TOTAL 0.25 Menefee and Cochran re research needed in .case research on Jesse Owens statute in Lawrence County conference with Menefee re Pickens probate judgeship reading Lawrence Co memo reading our brief conference with Menefee re trial and timing problems on elections telephone to Menefee conf w/Menefee re problems in special elections; drafting letters to counsel telephone to Menefee re responses from counties on election preparations and from Justice Dept Crenshaw Co: conference with Menefee re election problem; research on state election laws Reading our post-trial brief 0.75 quick review of opinion and orders; conf with Menefee 122.75 hours Page No. 10/28/86 DATE 11/08/85 11/11/85 11/12/85 11/20/85 11/26/85 12/06/85 12/09/85 12/09/85 12/10/85 12/11/85 12/12/85 12/13/85 12/17/85 12/19/85 12/20/85 12/27/85 * XX Total X XX 1 TIME OF WANDA J. COCHRAN IN DILLARD vs CRENSHAW COUNTY, et al FOR 11/08/85 TO 12/31/88 BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P. A. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES Research-Senate Committee findings(.5) confer with LTM, JG (.8) edit complaint(.7). Research interrogatories. Draft Planitff's First Discovery Request. Draft interrogatories. Conference with LTH. Draft interrogatories. Edit amended complaint(.4) review answer(.5). Draft, edit interrogatories. Edit interrogatories. Edit interrogatories. Telephone conference Jerome Gray re plaintiffs. Edit amended complaint. Conference with LTM and JUB. Edit interrogatories, draft letter. Review files research legislative history. Telephone conference Peyton McCrary re legislative histories. HOURS S v D 0 oO O L ) 14. .00 .70 .70 .70 .30 .80 .90 . 50 .50 .60 . 80 .60 . 30 .40 . 80 . 20 30 Page NO. 10/28/86 DATE * kX Total * %k % TIME OF WANDA J. COCHRAN IN DILLARD vs CRENSHAW COUNTY, et al FOR 01/01/86 TO 10/27/86 BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P. A. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES HOURS 170.70 STILL LIST OF EXPENSES IN DILLARD date expense description 01/21/86 16.05 Postmaster 01/31/86 10.00 Federal Record Center--Talladega Co case 02/05/86 75.60 Xerox 02/12/86 19.55 Telephone 03/11/86 0.90 Law Library 03/14/86 115.65 Xerox 03/14/86 29.24 Telephone 03/31/86 1.50 xerox 02/04/86 30.00 travel - 150 miles 02/07/86 40.40 travel - 202 miles 02/22/86 40.20 travel - 201 miles 04/29/86 3.15 xerox 04/30/86 11.00 Federal Express 04/30/86 17.24 phone 01/21/86 16.05 U.S. Postmaster 01/31/86 10.00 Federal Record Center 02/05/86 75.60 xerox 02/02/86 19.55 phone 03/11/86 0.90 Law library 03/14/86 113.65 xerox 03/14/86 29.24 phone 03/31/86 1.50 xerox 65/30/86 20.64 phone 07/08/86 23.00 Federal Express 07/08/86 31.25 Federal Express 07/31/86 6.15 Xerox 07/31/86 71.45 phone 08/28/86 27.00 xerox 09/30/86 8.36 phone TOTAL 864.82 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION RISE WSS, al a Na RE JOHN DILLARD, et al., Plaintiffs, Vv. : Civil Action No. CV 85-T-1332-N CRENSHAW COUNTY, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants. JIT CY IIR oS A Ea LS ERT AFFIDAVIT STATE OF NEW YORK ) : 8S. COUNTY OF NEW YORK ) DEBORAH FINS, being duly sworn, deposes and says: , I am one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs in this case, and I am employed as Assistant Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. ("Legal Defense Fund"). I submit this affidavit in support of plaintiffs' application for an award of attorneys' fees, costs and expenses. 2. The Legal Defense Fund is a non-profit organization which was founded in 1940 and which has since furnished legal assistance in cases involving claims of racial discrimination and deprivation of constitutional rights before state and federal courts throughout the nation. See NAACP v. Button, 371 U.S. 415, 421 n.5 (1963). The Legal Defense Fund has been approved by the ® Appellate Division of the State of New York to function as a legal aid organization, and it has been cited by the United States Supreme Court as having a "corporate reputation for expertness in presenting and arguing the difficult questions of law that frequently arise in civil rights litigation." NAACP v. Button, supra, 371 U.S. at 422. In the area of voting rights in particular, attorneys affiliated with the Legal Defense Fund have litigated important cases decided by the Supreme Court (e.g., Gingles v. Thornburg, U.S. _ , 106 S, Ct. 2752 (1986); United Jewish Organizations v. Carey, 430 U.S. 144 (1977); Allen v. Board of Elections, 393 U.S. 544 (1966); Smith v. Allwright, 321 U.S. 649 (1944); Nixon v. Condon, 286 U.S. 73 (1932); as well as the Circuit courts or three-judge courts (e.g., Brown v. Bd. of Sch. Com'rs of Mobile County, Ala., 706 F.2d 1103 (11th Cir. 1983); Coalition for Ed. in Dist, 1 Vv, Board of ‘Flec., City of N.Y., 495 F.2d 1090 (2d Cir. 1974); Major v. Treen, 574 F. Supp. 325 (E.D. La. 1983) (three-judge court)). 3. Neither I nor any other attorney on the staff of the Legal Defense Fund has accepted or expects to receive any compensation or reimbursement from the plaintiffs in this case. No counsel fees, costs or expenses will be obtained for work done or money spent on this case by the Legal Defense Fund or its staff attorneys unless the Court awards such fees, costs and expenses against the defendants. Any such award to attorneys employed by the Legal Defense Fund will be paid over to the Legal Defense Fund. 4. I am admitted to practice law before the following courts: the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits; the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; and the New York Court of Appeals. I have appeared pro hac vice in numerous other courts. 5, I graduated with honors from Barnard College in 1975 and Columbia Law School in 1978. I began working for the Legal Defense Fund in August, 1978. 6. Between August, 1978 and April, 1983, I was responsible for the Fund's death penalty litigation in the State of Florida, the state with the largest death row population in the nation. I was also involved as co-counsel in capital cases from other jurisdictions. Among the cases in which I was counsel are Barclay v. Florida, 463 U.S. 939 (1983); Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782 (1982); Proffitt v. Wainwright, 685 F.2d 1227 (11th Cir. 1982), on reh. 706 F.2d 311 (11th Cir. 1983); Washington v. Watkins, 655 F.2d 1346 (5th Cir. 1981); Prejean v. Blackburn, 570 F. Supp. 985 (W.D. La. 1983); State v. McDowell, 310 N.C. 61, 310 S.E. 2d 301 (1984); Brown, et al. v. Wainwright, 392 So.2d 1327 (Fla. 1981). There are also countless other death cases in which I played a major role in the drafting of briefs, habeas corpus petitions and stay applications, but did not serve as counsel of record, e.g., Songer v. Wainwright, 769 F.2d 1488 (11th Cir. 1985) (en banc); Hall v. Wainwright, 733 F.2d 766 (11th Cir. 1984); Reddix v. Thigpen, 728 F.2d 705 (5th Cir. 1984); Dobbert v. Wainwright, 718 F.2d 1518 (11th Cir. 1983); Witt v. Wainwright, 714 F.2d 1069 (11th Cir. 1983); Williams v. Maggio, 679 F.2d 381 (5th Cir. 1982); Ford v. Strickland, 675 F.2d 434 (11th Cir. 1982); 696 F.2d 804 (11th Cir. 1983) (en banc); Palmes v. Wainwright, No. 82-583-Civ-J-M (M.D. Fla.); Jones v. Wainwright, 446 So.2d 1059 (Fla. 1984); and Knight v. Wainwright, 394 So.2d 997 (Fla. 1981). In numerous other cases I served as a consultant on capital trials, direct appeals, clemency or post- conviction proceedings, editing briefs, stay papers, clemency memos or petitions for writ of certiorari, and researching and advising on the formulation of federal constitutional issues, e.g. Eddings v. Oklahoma, 455 U.S. 104 (1982); Goode Vv. Wainwright, 704 F.2d 593 (11th Cir. 1983); Zeigler v. Wainwright, 473 So.2d 203 (Fla. 1985); Jacobs v. Wainwright, 450 So.2d 200 (Fla. 1984); Demps v. Wainwright, 416 So.2d 808 (Fla. 1982). I edited a manual for clemency proceedings in Florida which was prepared under my supervision by Columbia Law School students, and assisted in the preparation of a manual on post-conviction proceedings in capital cases. 1. In addition to my work in death penalty litigation, I have served as counsel in a variety of other cases, all of which involved issues related to civil rights, e.g., Martin v. Allain, No. J84-0708 (L) (S.D. Miss.) (voting rights suit involving at- large election of state court judges); Webb v. County Bd. of Educ. of Dyer County, 715 F.2d 254 (6th Cir. 1983) (attorneys' fees for state administrative work under 42 U.S.C. § 1988); Jones v. Hutto, No. PB-74-C-173 (E.D. Ark.) (employment discrimination class action by employees of the Arkansas Department of Corrections); Hubert v. Ward, No. C-C-80-414-M (W.D.N.C.) (North Carolina multi-institution prison conditions lawsuit); Small wv. artin, No. 85-987-CRT (E.D. N.C.) (multi-institution prison conditions lawsuit); Feamster v. Brierton, No. 79-132-CIV-J-C (M.D. Fla.) (Florida death row conditions lawsuit); Moran v. NARF, No.73-702-Civ.-J-S (M.D. Fla.) (employment discrimination class action by employees of Naval Air Rework Facility); Jenkins v. Missouri, 593 F. Supp. 1485 (W.D. Mo. 1984) (suit to desegregate the public schools of Kansas City, Missouri, and surrounding suburbs); United States v. Charleston County Consolidated School Board, No. 81-50-8 {D.S.C.) {suit to desegregate the public schools of Charleston County, South Carolina). 8. I have served on the faculty of the National College for Criminal Defense at programs in Charleston, South Carolina and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and have spoken at similar programs presented by the National Legal Aid and Defender Association in Atlanta, Georgia and Boston, Massachusetts; by the Florida Public Defender Association in St. Augustine and Sarasota, Florida; and by a coalition of groups in Richmond, Virginia. I organized and spoke at a number of conferences co-sponsored by the Legal Defense Fund, the Southern Poverty Law Center and other organizations, in Warrenton, Virginia. I have been a trial practice seminar leader and appeared as a guest speaker at classes at several law schools, including Yale, Columbia, New York University and Hawaii. In 1982 I received the Nelson Poynter Award for my work in the defense of capital cases from the American Civil Liberties Union. 9. My hourly rate is $135 per hour. I recently received $125 an hour for work performed between 1983 and 1985 (the bulk of which was in the summer and fall of 1984) on settlement of Hubert v. Ward, No. C-C-80-414-M (W.D.N.C.). Attached as Appendix A to this affidavit is a schedule of the hours I have spent on this case from my initial involvement in October, 1985 to the present. These hours were compiled from contemporaneous time records which I maintained throughout this period. The Legal Defense Fund additionally requests compensation for attorney travel expenses in the sum of $199.00, paid by the Fund in this case. 10. In addition to the hours listed in Appendix A, other attorneys employed by the Legal Defense Fund have reviewed documents filed in this case and have conferred with me from time to time concerning this case. These attorneys include Director- Counsel Julius L. Chambers, First Assistant Counsel Charles Stephen Ralston and Assistant Counsel C. Lani Guinier and Penda Hair. In order to provide a conservative statement of the time spent on this case and to eliminate any hours which might conceivably constitute a duplication of effort, the Legal Defense Fund is not requesting fees for the services of attorneys Chambers, Ralston, Guinier or Hair. Subscribed and sworn to before me this */ day of November, 1986. Notary Public 7 DEBORAH FINS 10-23-85 11-4-85 11-28-85 12-4-85 1-13-86 1-14-86 1-21-86 1-22-86 1-23-86 1-24-86 1-27-86 1-28-86 DILLARD V. CRENSHAW COUNTY Attorney Time DEBORAH FINS From October 1985 to October 1986 Services Rendered Hours Memo re: proposal to take case -5 Draft, proof letter to co-counsel 5 confirming involvement; retainer letter Confer with co counsel re: status, 5 strategy Confer with co-counsel re: schedule, + 3 strategy, etc. Review (scan) mail from 12/20 3 Review pleadings - Lawrence and “2 Pickens Counties Review Coffee County motion to dismiss; .5 plaintiffs' response to Pickens County motion to dismiss; motion to change name of parties; Calhoun County motion to dismiss or transfer; confer with co- counsel re: orders, scheduling Review Pickens County request for «3 briefing and oral argument; Escambia County motion to dismiss; confer with co-counsel . On Travel arrangements to Mobile; confer with co-counsel; review Pickens County response on Confer with co-counsel, prepare for trip to Mobile (6 ) Travel to Mobile (aborted flight, 12. drive from Birmingham) Confer with co-counsel re: status 9.2 of settlement, strategy, work distribution; review pleadings received in Mobile (and not New York); consult with experts; legal research for brief 1-29-86 1-30-86 1-31-86 1-31-86 2-3-86 2-4-86 2—-5-86 2-10-86 2-10-86 2-21-86 joinder, etc. - motion consult with co-counsel, witness calls; Pickens County - review motion, reread Corder cases, consult Ed Still; confer with expert Research re: to dismiss; Draft portion of brief re: joinder, venue, intro.; review Lawrence County motion to dismiss; confer with co-counsel re: settlement progress Draft transfer section of brief; memos to co-counsel re: research for their sections; cite check, proof Travel time - return to New York (rest of travel time used for work on other cases) Review Etowah County response to admissions request; scan Pickens and Coffee County briefs; letter to clerk; review court order, Escambia County brief, Pickens County page substitution Review Escambia County motion to sever; calls re: brief; brief Confer with co-counsel re: brief; additional research Review Judge's class certification order in Diggs v. Henry County Review Pickens County answers to interrogatories, Lawrence County appearance, brief re: motion to dismiss Review letter to Lee County; motion for injunction and final of brief; confer with co-counsel re: hearing Review motion, to request to admit; order; Etowah County answers Court scheduling proposed decrees cite checking cases in (61 1 w 2-26-86 Review pleadings: Crenshaw County 5 consent, Pickens County answers to request for admissions, motion to dismiss; Lee County; Lawrence County answers to interrogatories; Etowah County answers to interrogatories and motion to produce; Talledega consent; Judge's order 2/21; Escambia County response to request for admissions; request to shorten time 3-5—-86 Scan Lawrence and Coffee County proposed 2 findings and other pleadings 3-6-86 Review Lawrence County memo on pre- J liminary injunction; Etowah County adoption of Lawrence County motion; confer with co-counsel re: hearing and strategy 3-10-86 Review order re: Lee County, missing 1 page from findings of fact 3-20-86 Review Escambia County notice «id 3-24-86 Review court's letters and orders; 3 co-counsel letter to court; confer with co-counsel; review pre-trial orders in Diggs 3-27-86 Scan motion (duplicate) ig 3-31-86 Review court order; review letter v2 co-counsel to court re: corrected exhibits 4-2-86 Confer with co-counsel re: status “| 4-4-86 Review Escambia County designations of 4 documents; offer of judgment Calhoun County; call co-counsel 4-99-86 Confer with co-counsel re: status, «2 strategy 4-10-86 Review mail from Calhoun County, offer 1.0 of judgment; confer with co-counsel re: response; draft response; review response with co-counsel 4-17-86 Review court order approving Lee «5 County settlement; billing 3 4-29-86 Process billing, expenses 4 5-5-86 Review court order re: Lee County «l 5-9-86 Review co-counsel letter to court; | Escambia County Order 5-12-86 Letter to co-counsel “3 10-28-86 Prepare attorney's fee affidavit and 1.0 statement of hours 11-3—-86 Proof of affidavit and hours “1 11-4-86 Additions to affidavit; calls to 5 co-counsel re: expenses, deadlines 11-5-86 Additions to affidavit; add preparation 4 of affidavit and statement of hours to statement of hours Total: BE io" AFFIDAVIT Dillard Vv. Crenshaw State of Alabama ) County of Montgomery ) I, Paola Gayle Maranan, being hereby sworn do depose and say: That from October 1, 1984 to September 30, 1986, 1 served as Project Coordinator of the Alabama Voting Rights Project, a project of the Civil Liberties Union of Alabama. 1 served as the statewide Project Coordinator throughout the Project's duration. The Project was - a coalition of attorneys, activists, professionals and educators committed to securing equal voting rights for all of Alabama's citizens by seeking enforcement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. That I am on voluntary leave of absence from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges in Cambridge, Massachusetts where I am a student majoring in American Government. I lack one semester necessary to complete my B.A. degree. Since October 1, 1984 I have worked full-time in the field of voting rights. That Melinda Guzman-Moore served as a legal intern to the Alabama Votng Rights Project during June and July of 1986. She 1s a second-year law student at Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall at the University of california at Davis. ‘Noah Arceneuax served as an intern to the Alabama Voting Rights Project from June to Septmeber of 1986. He is a student at the University of Georgia. That the Alabama Voting Rights Project of the Civil Liberties Union of Alabama expended three-hundred and elghty-two (382) hours of "its ‘time working on the above-styled case. As Project Coordinator, I expended two-hundred and ninety-nine and one-half (299.5) hours working on this litigation; Melinda Guzman-Moore and Noah Arceneaux, interns who assisted with the litigation and were under my direct supervision, expended the remainder of eighty-two and one-half hours (82.5). The hours are divisible as such: Affidavit of Pao Q® Mar.anan Dillard Vv. Ct enshaw Page Two Regarding the remedy hearing for Lawrence, Pickens and Calhoun counties: Paola Gayle Maranan - thirty-seven (37) hours Melinda Guzman-Moore - five (5) hours These hours were spent preparing a survey regarding the methods of election used to elect county chairpersons in each of Alabama's sixty-seven (67) counties. Regarding the settlement hearing for Etowah and Talladega counties: Paola Gayle Maranan - eleven (11) hours These hours were spent contacting the client group, contacting and preparing witnesses for the hearing, and attending the hearing. Regarding the matter of Pickens County: Paola Gayle Maranan - seventy-nine (79) hours Melinda Guzman-Moore - fifty-four and one-half (54.5) hours These hours were spent gathering election returns and census information, developing and drawing redistricting plans, conducting a house count of selected areas of the county, interviewing potential witnesses and preparing legal memos. Regarding the matter of Lawrence County: Paola Gayle Maranan - nineteen (19) hours Regarding the matter of Talladega County: Paola Gayle Maranan - seventeen (17) hours Noah Arceneaux - two (2) hours Regarding the matter of Calhoun County: Paola Gayle Maranan - nineteen and one-half (19.5) hours Regarding the matter of Lee County: Paola Gayle Maranan - nine (9) hours In each county, the time was spent gathering election returns, preparing redistricting plans and gathering demographic information. Affadavit of Paol ay le Maranan Dillard v. Crensl Page Three Regarding the matter of Crenshaw County: Paola Gayle Maranan - twenty-six and one-half (26.5) hours These hours were spent gathering election returns and demographic information, performing historical research at the State Department of Archives, preparing copies of the proposed redistricting plan, and preparing for the hearing on the motion of contempt regarding the June 1986 primaries. Regarding the matter of Etowah County: Paola Gayle Maranan - twenty-two (22) hours Regarding the matter of Coffee County: Paola Gayle Maranan - fifty-six (56) hours Melinda Guzman-Moore - eighteen (18) hours Noah Arceneaux - three (3) hours In each county, the time was spent gathering election returns, per forming historical research at the State Department of Archives and History, interviewing potential wltnesses, gathering demographic information and fr pant dni copies of the redistricting plan. p—— aad —~ — 3 5 ( oun / * madttar of Escamnpla ~ maces + thre and one-half (3.5) hours Regarding the paola Gayle Maranan ata ng historical researc e i erforml spent Pp a History. These hours were state Departmen Affidavit of Paola cdayle Maranan Dillard Ve Crensfilly p age Four That the contents of this affidavit accurately and truthfully reflect the time and task expended by the Alabama Voting Rights Project on the above-styled case. Sworn before me this fifth, day of November, 1986 vd a2 / 7] leas Notary Publ; c, State of Alabama My commission expires 4 0/% (OTA ARN reer earners SSD Ay EERE TEE EEE EERE. % * ATTACHMENT B Page No. 1 10/30/86 DILLARD,ET. AL. vs CRENSHAW COUNTY, ALABAMA, ET. AL. EXPENSES INCURRED FROM 11/08/85 THRU 10/30/86 EXPENSES INCURRED AMOUNT Americian Express-meals,airfare, lodging,auto 2201.08 Attorney Travel-personal auto 1003.72 Court Costs-filing fees, copies 138.50 Court Reporter 1236.95 Experts 43111.96 Lexis-legal research 232.02 Paralegals : 5010.93 Photocopying 3044.60 Postage 514.14 Professional Copying 235.05 Telephone-long distance 069.30 Xk%x Total *** 57698.25 W. Edward Still 864.82 Reo Kirkland, Jr. 233.77 Deborah Fins 199.00 ALL TOTAL EXPENSES $58995.84