Order Staying Election

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Impact area
- Political Participation
Topic
- Voting Rights
Matter
- Mobile v. Bolden
Case
- Mobile v. Bolden
U.S. state
- Alabama
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
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- eedc4aba-cdcd-ef11-8ee9-6045bddb7cb0

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Case Files, Bolden v. Mobile Hardbacks and Appendices. Order Staying Election, 1978. eedc4aba-cdcd-ef11-8ee9-6045bddb7cb0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/b5d21b14-11ec-4860-ac00-6cd0bc93b41c/order-staying-election. Accessed November 08, 2025.

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    IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 

SOUTHERN DIVISION 

WILEY L. BOLDEN, REV. R. LIL. 
HOPE, CHARLES JOHNSON, JANET 
O. LeFLORE, JOHN L. LeFLORE, 
CHARLES MAXWELL, OSSIE B. 
PURIFOY, RAYMOND SCOTT, 
SHERMAN SMITH, OLLIE LEE 
TAYLOR, RODNEY O. TURNER, 
REV. ED WILLIAMS, SYLVESTER 
WILLIAMS and MRS. F. C. WILSON, 

Plaintiffs, CIVIL ACTION 

V. No. 75-297-P 

CITY OF MOBILE, ALABAMA: GARY 
A. GREENOUGH, ROBERT B. DOYLE, JR., 
and LAMBERT C. MIMS, individually 
and in their official capacities 
as Mobile City Commissioners, 

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Defendants. 

ORDER 

  

The United States Supreme Court having granted review 

of this lawsuit on October 2, 1978, and for the reasons stated 

in this court's Order of April 7, 1977 (the findings and con- 

clusions of which are incorporated herein by reference), 

It is ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that pursuant 

to the last paragraph of this court's order of May 31, 1978, 

which provided for a stay of the mayor-council election ordered 

therein in the event the Supreme Court granted review, the 

election ordered for November 21, 1978, is hereby STAYED pend- 

ing further orders of the United States Supreme Court. 

Done, this the 3rd day of October, 1978. 

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Zo / / i 4 Bhonsle DY hi torte wl Lee l Fi 5 : 

UNITED STATES DISPRICT JUDGE 
  

U. S. DISTRICT COURT 
SOU. DIST. AIA. 
FILED AND ENTERED THIS THE 
3rd DAY OF OCTOBER 1978 

MINUTE ENTRY NO. 47, Y&R. 
WILLIAM J. O'CONNOR, CLERK 
BY- 2 Lote : 

  

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Deputy Clerk

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