Motion of Defendants-Appellants for Leave to File Brief Time Having Expired

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April 6, 1977

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- Political Participation
Topic
- Voting Rights
Matter
- Mobile v. Bolden
Case
- Mobile v. Bolden
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- Alabama
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- Case Files
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- e498abe4-cdcd-ef11-b8e8-7c1e520b5bae

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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 December 09, 2025.

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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 

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April 6,.1977: By: A i. 
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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. 

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AL L Bon, S y Yn { 
  

Attorney for Defendants-Appellants

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