Page 51 of Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

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Includes Correspondence from Pendleton to All Counsel.

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- Political Participation
Topic
- Voting Rights
Matter
- Dillard v. Crenshaw County
Case
- Dillard v. Crenshaw County
U.S. state
- Alabama
Collection
- Case Files
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- 0b6fcccd-b7d8-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0

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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 November 03, 2025.

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BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P.A. 

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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. 

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Nettie Pendleton 

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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 

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