Letter to Blacksher from Mel Leventhal RE: Bonus Deriving from Contingent Nature of Fee and Indigency

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June 21, 1977

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  • Mobile, Alabama, Case Files, Bolden v. Mobile Hardbacks and Appendices. Letter to Blacksher from Mel Leventhal RE: Bonus Deriving from Contingent Nature of Fee and Indigency, 1977. fcf8b782-cdcd-ef11-8ee9-6045bddb7cb0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/e472c4c0-81fd-42ee-b948-0cd94913572a/letter-to-blacksher-from-mel-leventhal-re-bonus-deriving-from-contingent-nature-of-fee-and-indigency. Accessed September 17, 2025.

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June 21, 1977 

Jim U. Blacksher, Esq. 
1407 Davis Avenue 

Mobile, Alabama 36603 

Re: Bolden v. City of Mobile 

Civil Action No. 75-297-P 
  

Dear Jim: 

TI have reviewed the order and decree 

awarding attorneys' fees. 

I urge you to file a cross-appeal 

from the judgment. I think the issues 

are: 
whether as a matter of law you are 

entitled to a "bonus" deriving from 

the contingent nature of the fee; 

and, 

whether a defendant in our cases 

can claim indigency. 

Both are very important issues and I think 

can be won. I am willing to provide you 

with some help in preparing the brief on 

this case. 

I return to you the judgment and 

opinion. 

incerely, 

Mefvyn R. Leventhal 

MRL: ja 
Encls. 

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