Letter from Lani Guinier to Richard H. Dinkins Esq. RE: Esquire Article
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December 4, 1984

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Case Files, Dillard v. Crenshaw County Hardbacks. Answer Denying Defendants Motion to Dismiss, 1986. 920c1f9a-b8d8-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5ccdcd24-1d90-4791-b5ab-fc695c30612b/answer-denying-defendants-motion-to-dismiss. Accessed July 10, 2025.
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FILED DEC § 198% IN THE UNITED “STATE DISTRICT COUR HOMAS C. CAVER; CLE FOR _THE, MIDDLE BISTRICT OF ALABAMA —==— "Bs ij i DXVISTION SIG Hp PAUL T. DIGGS; THOMAS HAWTHORNE, AND LOCY BAKER: ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES "AND. 71 <( OTHER SIMILARLY SITUATEDCISTRICTO PERSONS, p e pt L o PLAINTIFFS, Vv. CIVIL ACTION NO. 85-V-1331-S HENRY COUNTY, ALABAMA, QUA COUNTY; BR. H. McSWEAN, BRUCE SHELLEY, HOLT STOKES, LAMAR SPIVEY AND MARVIN TURNER, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS MEMBERS OF THE HENRY COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, CONNIE BURDESHAW, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CIRCUIT CLERK; AND J, F. WELCHER IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SHERIFF OF HENRY COUNTY, MOTION DERIED ne 30 pry oF December , 12.83 ~T Uniten STATES DISTRICT wry ; ANSWER FIRST DEFENSE--Motion to Dismiss DEFENDANTS. The Defendants move to dismiss the complaint filed in this action on the grounds that it fails to state a claim against said Defendants upon which relief can be granted. Said Defendants serve as office holders in Henry County, Alabama, having been elected to such offices and now holding such offices under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Alabama. Said Defendants have no authority to modify, amend or revoke the laws which created their respective offices. They have no authority to change the system of election, to change the form of Ay . ~ TARON ! OFFICE OF THE CLERK UNITED.STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 P. 0. BOX 711 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36101 OFFICIAL BUSINESS PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE $300 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID UNITED STATES COURTS usc 426 Deborah Fins, Esquire Julius L. Chambers, Esquire Legal Defense Fund, NAACP 1900-Hudson St., 16th Floor New York, N.Y. 10013 A - p—p———— 1}