Page 51 of Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
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Case Files, Dillard v. Crenshaw County Hardbacks. Page 51 of Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 1986. 0b6fcccd-b7d8-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/cbaefd03-064e-49b7-b89b-32cca4445baf/page-51-of-plaintiffs-proposed-findings-of-fact-and-conclusions-of-law. Accessed April 06, 2025.
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A ~~ ) A 1 BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P.A. ATTORNEYS AT LAw 405 VAN ANTWERP BUILDING P. 0. BOX 1051 MOBILE, ALABAMA 36633-1051 JAMES Ul. BLACKSHER 5 ” - PN TELEPHONE March 6, 1986 LARRY T. MENEFEE rd : sd (205) 433-2000 GREGORY B. STEIN WANDA J COCHRAN TO: All Counsel FROM: Blacksher, Menefee & Stein, P.A. RE: Dillard, et al. v. Crenshaw County, Alabama, er al. Gentlemen: Please find enclosed page 51 of plaintiffs' proposed finding of fact ‘and conclusions of law, which was inadvertently omitted from the copies forwarded to you on March 1, 1986. We apologize for this omission. Best rezards. Sincerely, BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P.A. el Lp) = 7) LE (Fosattctan A Lela 2 Nettie Pendleton For the firm Encl Coffee County 34. In Sine v. Baxley, No. 1170-8 (M.D.Ala., Dec. 23, 1971), this court ordered Coffee County to reapportion its residency subdistricts for a county commission election system that was already being conducted at large. No blacks were parties to that action, and no issues were raised regarding dilution of black voting strength. This court retained Jurisdiction for all purposes, and there is no question that the claims against Coffee County under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act are in the proper court. Talladega County 35. Unlike the court order in the Coffee County lawsuit, the order in Brown v. Gallion, Civil Action No. 60-697-E (N.D.Ala., Feb. 18, 1970), effected a change for the Talladega County Commission from single-member districts to at-large elections. The Talladega County Commission had been elected from single-member districts since 1919. In 1951, pursuant to the post-war policy and practice of the Alabama Legislature to shift towards at-large elections, see Findings of Fact, supra, a local Act was passed that would have changed Talladega County's election system to at-large voting, but it had a referendum provision in it. The voters of Talladega County - Bl —-