Motion to Extend Time for Filing Amended Complaint

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February 26, 1987

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Includes Correspondence from Blacksher to Clerk.

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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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- 31ebef8a-b7d8-ef11-a730-7c1e527e6da9

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Case Files, Dillard v. Crenshaw County Hardbacks. Motion to Extend Time for Filing Amended Complaint, 1987. 31ebef8a-b7d8-ef11-a730-7c1e527e6da9. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/ec62a074-62c2-41db-bedb-09409a17b535/motion-to-extend-time-for-filing-amended-complaint. Accessed November 02, 2025.

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    ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

  

JAMES U. BLACKSHER 

GREGORY B. STEIN February 26 . 1987 

405 VAN ANTWERP BUILDING 

P.O. Box 10%1 

MOBILE, ALL 36633-1051 

(205) 433-2000 

Honorable Thomas C. Caver 
Clerk, United States District Court 
Middle District of Alabama 
P. O.:Box 711 
Montgomery, AL 36101 

RE: Dillard, et al. v. Crenshaw County, Alabama, et #1. 
Civil Action No. 85-T-1332-N 

9.0. MENEFEE & asverlll A. A 

LARRY T. MENEFEE 

FIFTH FLOOR TITLE BUILDING 

300 218T STREET, NORTH 

BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203 

(205) 322-7300 0R 322-7313 

  

Dear Sir: 

Please file the enclosed "Motion to Extend Time for Filing 
Amended Complaint" in connection with the above-styled cause. 

Best regards. 

Sincerely, 

BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P.A. 

G mes U. Blacksher 
UB : nwp 

/ 

   

  

Encl 

cc All Counsel 

 



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

NORTHERN DIVISION 

JOHN DILLARD, ET AL., ) 

Plaintiffs, ) 

v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 85-T-1332-N 

CRENSHAW COUNTY, ETC., ET AL. ) 

Defendants. ) 

MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

Plaintiffs John Dillard, et al., through their 

undersigned counsel, request an additional four days in which to 

file their amended complaint, as directed by this Court’s order 

dated February 23, 1987. 

As grounds for their motion, plaintiffs would show that 

the additional time is needed for consultation with the 

plaintiffs concerning the identification and scope of the 

defendant class. 

WHEREFORE, plaintiffs pray that the Court will grant 

them an extension of time until Friday, March 6, 1987, in which 

to file their amended complaint.  



  

Respectfully submitted this 26th day of February, 1987. 

BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P.A. 
405 Van Antwerp Building 
P. O. Box 1051 
Mobile, AL 36633 
(205) 433-2000 

      
BY: )\ : 1 y 

AMES U. BLACKSHER 

Larry T. Menefee 
BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P.A. 

Fifth Floor, Title Building 

300 Twenty-First Street, North 

Birmingham, AL 35203 

(205) 322-7300 

Terry Davis 
SEAY & DAVIS 
732 Carter Hill Road 
P. O. Box 6215 
Montgomery, AL 36106 

(208) 834-2000 

Julius L. Chambers 

Pamela S. Karlan 

Lani Guinier 

99 Hudson Street 

16th Floor 

New York, New York 10013 

(212) 219-1900 

¥W. Edward Still 
REEVES & STILL 

714 South 29th Street 
Birmingham, AL 35233-2810 
(205) 322-6631 

Reo Kirkland, Jr. 

507 Evergreen Avenue 
P. O. Box 646 

Brewton, AL 36427 

(205) 867-5711 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 



  

I do hereby certify that on this 26th day of February, 

1987, a copy of the foregoing MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING 

AMENDED COMPLAINT was served upon the following counsel 

of record: 

D. L. Martin, Esq. 
215 South Main Street 
Moulton, AL 35650 

(205) 974-9200 
(Lawrence County) 

Jack Floyd, Esq. 
FLOYD, KEENER & CUSIMANO 

816 Chestnut Street 

Gadsden, AL 35999-2701 
(205) 547-6328 
(Etowah County) 

Yetta G. Samford, Esq. 
SAMFORD, DENSON, HORSLEY, 

MARTIN & BARRETT 
P. O. Box 2345 
Opelika, AL 36803-2345 
(205) 745-3504 
(Lee County) 

Herbert D. Jones, Jr., Esq. 
BURNHAM, KLINEFELTER, HALSEY, 

& CATER 
P. O. Box 1818 
Anniston, AL 36202 

(205) 237-8515 
(Calhoun County) 

John A. Nichols, Esq. 
LIGHTFOOT, NICHOLS & SMITH 
P. O. Box 369 

Luverne, AL 36049 

(205) 335-5628 
(Crenshaw County) 

Robert Black, Esq. 
HILL, HILL, CARTER, FRANCO, COLE 

David R. Boyd, Esq. 
BALCH & BINGHAM 
P. O. Box 78 
Montgomery, AL 86101 
(R05) 834-6500 (Lawrence County) 

Barry D. Vaughn, Esq. 
PROCTOR & VAUGHN 
209 North Norton Avenue 
Sylacauga, AL 35150 
(R05) 249-8527 
(Talladega County) 

Rick Harris, Esq. 
MOORE, KENDRICK, GLASSROTH, 
HARRIS, BUSH & WHITE 
P.O. Box 910 
Montgomery, AL 36102 

(205) 264-9000 
(Crenshaw County) 

James W. Webb, Esq. 
WEBB, CRUMPTON, MCGREGOR, SCHMAELINC 

& WILSON 
P. O. Box 238 
Montgomery, AL 36101 
(205) 834-3176 
(Escambia County) 

Lee M. Otts, 
OTTS & MOORE 
P. O. Box 467 

Brewton, AL 36427 

(205) 867-7724 
(Escambia County) 

Esq. 

¥V. O. EIRK, Jr., 

P. O.Box A-B 

Esq. 

 



  

& BLACK Carrollton, AL 35447 

P. O. Box 116 (205) 367-8125 
Montgomery, AL 36195 (Pickens County) 
(205) 834-7600 
(Crenshaw County) 

Warren Rowe, Esq. James G. Speake, Esq. 
Rowe ¥ Sawyer SPEAKE, SPEAKE & REICH 
P. O. Box 150 P. O.Box 5 
Enterprise, AL 36331 Moulton, AL 35650 
(Coffee County) (Lawrence County) 

by depositing same in the United States, mail postage prepaid. 

   
    

   
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INTIFFS 

  

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