Consent Decree Concerning Talladega County

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 

NORTHERN DIVISION DEC 1: 1986 

THOMAS C. CAVER, CLER 
BY Ce ee ee 

JOHN DILLARD, et al., § DEFLTY CLERK 
§ 

PLAINTIFFS, § 
§ 

vs. § CASE ACTION NO: 85-T-1332-N 
§ 

CRENSHAW COUNTY, ALABAMA, § 
et al. § 

§ 
DEFENDANTS § 

CONSENT DECREE CONCERNING TALLADEGA COUNTY 
  

Plaintiffs and Defendants having submitted the following 

terms of settlement and for good cause shown, it is HEREBY 

ORDERED that Defendants Talladega County, dua County; Derrell 

Hann, in his official capacity as Probate Judge; Sam Grice, in 

his official capacity as Circuit Clerk; Jerry Studdard, in his 

official capacity as Sheriff of Talladega County, Alabama; 

their agents; attorneys; employees, and, those acting ih concert 

with them or at their direction are ENJOINED from conducting 

elections for the Talladega County Commission under the present 

at-large election system, and are FURTHER ENJOINED as follows: 

1. Elections for the Talladega County Commission shall 

be conducted from the five single-member districts as shown on 

the maps attached as Exhibits A-C and as described in Exhibit D. 

2. Parity primary elections for District 3 shall be 

conducted on November 4, 1986, with any necessary runoff 

elections to be held November 25, 1986. The special general 

 



  

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election for District 3 shall be held on December 16, 1986. 

  

All other provisions of state law concerning the conduct of 

elections shall govern. 

3. When the District 3 Commissioner is elected in the 

special 1986 election, he or she shall have all of the rights, 

privileges, duties and immunities of the other commissioners, 

who have been elected at large, until their successors take 

office in January, 1289. 

4. Elections for all Talladega County Commission districts 

shall be held in 1988. Thus, the District 3 Commissioner 

elected in the special 1986 election shall serve only a two-year 

initial tern. The five commissioners elected in 188 shall 

serve terms as follows: The Commissioners elected in Districts 

2 and 4 shall serve two-year initial terms. While the 

Commissioners elected in District 1, 3, and 5 shall serve four 

vear terms. Thereafter, all terms shall be for four years. 

5. When the District 3 Commissioner elected in 1986 

takes office, the Probate Judge of Talladega County shall continue 

to serve as Chairman of the Talladega County Commission, but the 

Probate Judge shall not be entitled to vote on the Talladega 

County Commission. 

6. When the Probate Judge elected in 1994 takes office, 

the Probate Judge shall no longer serve as chairman of the 

Talladega County Commission. The Probate Judge will, however, 

continue to be chief administrative officer of Talladega County. 

When the single-member district commissioners elected in 1994 

take office, they shall select, on an annual basis, the chairman 

 



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of the Talladega County Commission from among their own number. 

7. Talladega County shall by August 15, 1986, submit for 

preclearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act this 

Consent Decree and the plans attached as exhibits. The Court 

will defer consideration of the agreed upon plan until the 

preclearance process has been completed. In the event that 

preclearance is denied, the Court shall give the plaintiffs 

and the defendants a reasonable opportunity to cure the objections 

and to obtain preclearance of another agreed upon plan. 

However, should preclearance not be obtained in a timely manner, 

the Court shall enter its single-member district plan in time 

for its use in the November, 1986, special primary election. 

8. If and when an agreed upon single-member district 

plan is precleared under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, 

the Court will consider whether it should be approved under the 

terms of this Consent Decree and as complying with the Voting 

Rights Act. 

9. Following final approval by the Court of a single- 

member district plan, the Talladega County Commission shall 

request the Legislature of Alabama, through the Talladega County 

local delegation, to enact the finally approved single-member 

district plan as state law. The finally approved Court-ordered 

plan shall remain in effect only until the Legislature of 

Alabama or other authority acting under state law adopts a plan 

which meets the requirements of the laws and Constitution of 

the United States.  



    

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10. The plaintiffs are prevailing parties for the purpose 

of award of attorneys' fees and expenses. A determination of 

the plaintiffs' claims for attorneys' fees and expenses is 

deferred until further order of the Court or appropriate motion 

by any party. 

DONE this || day of Der ends 1086. 
  

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AGREED TO: 

BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P.A. 

Post Office Box 1051 

Mobile, Alabama 36633 

(205) 433-2000 

wr VY bee 
Larry Te ./Menefee : 

James U. Blacksher 

Wanda J. Cochran 

  

Terry G. Davis 
SEAY & DAVIS 

Post Office Box £215 
Montgomery, Alabama 36106 
(205) 834-2000 

Deborah Fins 

Julius L. Chambers 

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND 

99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 

New York, New York 10013 

(202) 219-1900 

Edward Still 

REEVES & STILL 

714 South 28th Street 
Birmingham, Alabama 35233-2810 

(205) 322-6631 

Reo Kirkland, Jr. 

Post Office Box 646 

Brewton, Alabama 36427 

{205) 867-5711 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

PROCTOR AND VAUGHN 

201 North Norton Avenue 

Sylacauga, Alabama 35150 

St: CoS 
Barty D. Va n 

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OR 5¢h Floor, Title Building 

300 21st Street North 

Birmingham, AL 35203 

{205) 322-7300 

(Attorney for Defendants 
TALLADEGA COUNTY, ALABAMA, 

qua COUNTY: DERRELL HANN, 
in his capacity as Probate 
Judge; SAM GRICE, in his 
official capacity as Circuit 
Clerk; and , JERRY STUDDARD, 
in his OFFficial capacity as 
Sheriff of Talladega County) 

 



   

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