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    CRAWFORD, BLACKSHER, FIGURES & BROWN 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

1407 DAVIS AVENUE 

MOBILE, ALABAMA 36603 

VERNON Z. CRAWFORD TELEPHONE 432-1691 

JAMES U. BLACKSHER AREA CODE (205) 

MICHAEL A. FIGURES 

W. CLINTON BROWN, JR. 

GREGORY B. STEIN 

LARRY T. MENEFEE 

April 23, 1977 

Honorable Edward W. Wadsworth, Clerk 
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit 
Room 102 - 600 Camp Street 
U.S. Court of Appeals Courthouse 
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 

Re: Bolden, et al. v. City of Mobile, et al. 
Appeal No. 76-4210 
  

Dear Mr. Wadsworth: 

Enclosed for filing is the original and three (3) copies of 
motion of plaintiffs-appellees for leave to file brief 
exceeding seventy typed pages in the subject appeal. 

Best regards. 

Sincerely, 

CRAWFORD, BLACKSHER, FIGURES & BROWN 

Va lege 

7 U. Blacksher 

JUB:bsm 

Enclosures 

cc: C. B. Arendall, Esquire 
Charles Rhyne, Esquire 
Fred G. Collins, Esquire 
Edward Still, Esquire 
Eric Schnapper, Esquire  



  

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

NO. 76-4210 

WILEY 1. BOLDEN, et al., 

Plaintiffs-Appellees, 

VS. 

CITY OP MOBILE , ef al., 

Defendants-Appellants. 

MOTION OF PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES 
FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF EXCEEDING 

SEVENTY TYPED PAGES 

Plaintiffs-Appellees, Wiley L. Bolden, et al., move this 

Court, pursuant to Local Rule 13(g), for leave to file a 

brief in excess of the page limitations of Rule 28(c), Federal 

Rules of Appellate Procedure. As grounds for their motion, 

Plaintiffs-Appellees would show as follows: 

1. The brief of Defendants-Appellants, City of 

Mobile, et al., filed on or about April 10, 1977. contains 

a multifaceted attack on the extensive findings of fact made 

by the district court and several involved constitutional 

arguments. The record in this appeal contains over 2100 pages 

and over 160 documentary exhibits. Yet the statement of the 

case and the statement of facts set out in the brief of 

Defendants-Appellants is abbreviated and seriously incomplete. 

2. In spite of its inadequate presentation of 

the evidence, Defendants-Appellants' printed brief is 65 

pages long. By order dated April 19, 1977, this Court granted 

 



  

Defendants-Appellants leave to file their brief in excess of 

the fifty-page limitation. 

3. Plaintiffs-Appellees will be unable adequately 

to outline the relevant facts in this lengthy record and 

respond to all of the arguments advanced by Defendants- 

Appellants without exceeding the seventy-page length permitted 

for typed briefs by Rule 28(g). 

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs-Appellees pray that the Court will 

grant them leave to file a brief containing not in excess of 

ninety pages of printing by process of duplicating or copying 

other than typographic printing. 

Respectfully submitted this 28th day of April. 1977. 

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JJ. U. BLACKSHER 
TARRY T. MENEFEE 
CRAWFORD, BLACKSHER, FIGURES & BROWN 
1407 DAVIS AVENUE 
MOBILE, ALABAMA 36603 

  

EDWARD STILL, ESQUIRE 
601 TITLE BUILDING 
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35203 

JACK GREENBERG, ESQUIRE 
ERIC SCHNAPPER, ESQUIRE 
SUITE 2030 
10 COLUMBUS CIRCLE 
NEW YORK, N. Y. 10019 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Appellees. 

 



  

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
  

I do hereby certify that on this the 28th day of April, 

1977, I served a copy of the foregoing MOTION OF PLAINTIFFS- 

APPELLEES FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF EXCEEDING SEVENTY TYPED 

PAGES upon counsel of record, C. B. Arendall, Esquire, Post 

Office Box 123, Mobile, Alabama 36601, Fred G. Collins, 

Esquire, City Attorney, City Hall, Mobile, Alabama 36602 

and Charles S. Rhyne, Esquire, Rhyne & Rhyne, 400 Hill 

Building, Washington, D. C. 20006, by depositing same in 

United States Mail, postage prepaid. 

  

Attorney for Plaintiffs-Appellees