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. 

 



  

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September 15, 1977 
Armand Derfner, Esquire 
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Sincerely, 

WFORD, BLACKSHER, FIGURES & BROWN 

    

JUB: jmd 

cc: Ed Still, Esquire 
Eric Schnapper, Esquire

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