Letter from Blacksher to Derfner RE: Attorney's Fees Appeals
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September 15, 1977

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Case Files, Bolden v. Mobile Hardbacks and Appendices. Letter from Blacksher to Derfner RE: Attorney's Fees Appeals, 1977. d9d65af1-cdcd-ef11-b8e8-7c1e520b5bae. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/88ce2174-da54-49be-8357-6b2cf4926fe9/letter-from-blacksher-to-derfner-re-attorneys-fees-appeals. Accessed April 19, 2025.
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CRAWFORD, BLACKSHER, FIGURES & BROWN ATTORNEYS AT LAW 1407 DAVIS AVENUE MOBILE, ALABAMA 36603 VERNON Z. CRAWFORD JAMES U. BLACKSHER MICHAEL A. FIGURES TELEPHONE 432-1691 W. CLINTON BROWN, JR. AREA CODE (205) GREGORY B. STEIN LARRY T. MENEFEE SAMUEL F.IRBY, JR. September 15, 1977 Armand Derfner, Esquire P.O. Box 608 Charleston, S.C. 29402 Pe: Bolden v. City of Mcbile and Brown v. Moore: Attorneys' Fees Appeals Dear Armand: This is a reply to your letter dated September 2, 1977 containing a written memorandum of the oral agreement we had made concerning your fees for prosecuting these appeals. I am in agreement with your statement of the agreement, with one exception: it was my understanding that if we collect at least the fees we have been awarded by the District Court you will receive the greater of (a) the amount awarded by the Court for your work on the appeal, or (b) $6,000.00 or (c) 1/3 of any increase in the fees awarded for the District Court work already done. I believe we discussed this specifically in your office when I was in Charleston. If this is nat what you intended, please call so we can discuss it further. You should have received notice that the transcript of the Attorneys' Fees hearing and Attorneys' Fees records in both Bolden and Brown have been forwarded to New Orleans. The Court of Appeals and the District Court have your name as the lead attorney for these appeals. The ball is now in your court and I think a motion to consolidate the two appeals ought appropriately to come from you. By copy of this letter, I am reminding Eric Schnapper that he has agreed that LDF will pay expenses of this appeal and pay you as a cooperating attorney at the usual rates and subject to LDF's usual rules. Best regards. 4 September 15, 1977 Armand Derfner, Esquire Page 2. 4 Sincerely, WFORD, BLACKSHER, FIGURES & BROWN JUB: jmd cc: Ed Still, Esquire Eric Schnapper, Esquire