Motion of Defendants-Appellants for Leave to File Brief Time Having Expired
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April 6, 1977

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Case Files, Bolden v. Mobile Hardbacks and Appendices. Motion of Defendants-Appellants for Leave to File Brief Time Having Expired, 1977. e498abe4-cdcd-ef11-b8e8-7c1e520b5bae. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/875f73df-4ac3-42c8-8138-ea4fc27cdf6a/motion-of-defendants-appellants-for-leave-to-file-brief-time-having-expired. Accessed July 06, 2025.
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* : wo IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT ‘No. 76-4210 WILEY L. BOLDEN, ET AL., & Plaintiffs-Appellees, % VS. % CITY OF MOBILE, ET AL., * Defendants-Appellants. * ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA MOTION OF DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF EXCEEDING FIFTY (50) PAGES, TIME HAVING EXPIRED Defendants-Appellants City of Mobile, Alabama, 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(g), F.R.A.P. Counsel for Defendants-Appellants have this day been informed by their printer that the Brief for the City of Mobile, due to be filed with this Court by April 10, 1977, will exceed fifty (50) pages of standard typographic printing. This excess, estimated to be fifteen (15) pages, is unexpected and inadvertant, inasmuch as it considerably exceeds the length of counsel's typewritten manuscript. WHEREFORE, Defendants-Appellants respectfully request that this Court grant leave for the filing of said brief in excess of the page limitations of F.R.A.P. Rule 28(g). Respectfully submitted, OF COUNSEL: Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, C.B. Arendall, Jr. Greaves § Johnston William C. Tidwell 111 Post Office Box 123 Travis M. Bedsole, Jr. Mobile, Alabama 36601 Post Office Box 123 Mobile, Alabama 36601 Legal Department of the Fred G. Collins, City Attorney City of Mobile City Hall Mobile, Alabama 36602 Mobile, Alabama 36602 Rhyne and Rhyne Charles S. Rhyne 400 Hill Building William S. Rhyne Washington, D. C. 20006 Donald A. Carr Martin W. Matzen 400 Hill Building Washington, D.C. 20006 ; 5, 4 TI () 7) April 6,.1977: By: A i. f Attorneys for Defendanfts-Appellants IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 76-4210 WILEY L. BOLDEN, ET AlL., ® Plaintiffs-Appellees, 2 VS. & CITY OF MOBILE, ET AlL., % Defendants-Appellants. *# ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA ORDER Upon the motion of Defendants-Appellants City of Mobile, Alabama, et zl., it is hereby ORDERED that leave to file a brief in excess of the fifty (50) page limitation of F.R.A.P. Rule 28(g) be, and hereby is, granted. U.S. Circuit Judge CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1 do hereby certify that I have on this 6th day of April, 1977, served a copy of the foregoing Motion of Defendants-Appellants For Leave To File Brief Exceeding Fifty (50) Pages, Time Having Expired and Proposed Order on counsel for all parties to this proceeding, by mailing the same by United States mail, properly addressed, and first class postage prepaid. : ) " 47 \ : / AL L Bon, S y Yn { Attorney for Defendants-Appellants