Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories and Motion to Produce by County Commissioner Jerry Fitch
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February 10, 1986

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Case Files, Dillard v. Crenshaw County Hardbacks. Page in Supplement to Brief of Argument in Support of Defendants Motion to Dismiss with Cover Letter, 1986. e8d98fc6-b7d8-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/0960b6fc-2cf2-46cb-bd35-5e5ca37017e0/page-in-supplement-to-brief-of-argument-in-support-of-defendants-motion-to-dismiss-with-cover-letter. Accessed April 06, 2025.
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LAW OFFICES YO Kok J CURRY & KIRK P.O. DRAWER A-B omredlion, SL lame S447 J. H. CURRY (1901-1984 AREA CODE 205 W. 0. KIRK, o ) TELEPHONE 367-8125 January 31, 1986 Mr.Thomas C. Caver United States District Court Middle District of Alabama Po 0.«BOXx~-711 Montgomery, AL 36101 Re: John Dillard, et al, vs. Crenshaw County, AL, et al, Civil Action #85-T-1332-N Dear Mr. Caver: In accordance with your request, we have enclosed herewith a substitute page for the lst page of our brief on behalf of the Pickens County Defendants in the above case. We also enclose Certificate of Service showing service of this page on the other counsel. Please substitute this for page one for us, and we appreciate your calling this to our attention. Sincerely yours, pp Ww. O « ‘Rirk, Jr. WOKijr/bp UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION JOHN DILLARD, ET AL, ) PLAINTIFFS ) ) VS. ) CIVIL ACTION #85-T-1332-N ) CRENSHAW COUNTY, ALABAMA, ) ET AL, ) DEFENDANTS. ) BRIEF AND ARGUMENT IN SUPPORT OF PICKENS COUNTY DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS 1 RES JUDICATA A judgment on the merits in a prior suit has been rendered, between the same parties, or those in privity with them upon the same claim or demand and therefore is an absolute bar to this present action. The said prior judgment on the merits constitutes an estoppel of this present action as 1t was between the same parties, or those in privity with them, and the matters that were litigated in the prior action are the same matters for litigation in the present suit and are precluded from relitigation in this an present suit. B The doctrine of res judicata makes a final valid judgment SA conclusive on the parties, and those in privity With them, as to Tn I WE fact and Law gat tL adjudicated in the proceeding. Federated Dept. Stores, Inc. vs. 3 oH i i } i 3 i LE 7 SRT " i a Oke » 4 4 LiMoitie (1981), 452 US 394 (101 Supreme Ct. 2424). CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have served the foregoing Brief upon: Wanda J. Cochran Larry T. Menefee James U. Blacksher Blacksher, Menefee & Stein, P. A. 405 Van Antwerp Building P.. O. Box 1051 Mobile, AL 36633 Terry Davis Seay and Davis 732 Carter Hill Road P. O. Box 6215 Montgomery, AL 36104 Julius L. Chambers Deborah Fins Legal Defense Fund 99 Hudson Street 16th Floor New York, New York 10013 W. Edward Still Reeves and Still 714 South 29th Street Birmingham, AL 35233 Reo Kirkland, Jr. Attorney at Law P. O. Box 646 Brewton, AL 36427 by placing copies of the same in the United States Mail properly addressed and postage paid this 27th day of January, 1986. A Fy y/ . O. KIRK, “‘JR., ATTORNEY FOR PICKENS COUNTY DEFENDANTS CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have served the foregoing Brief on the other record: Jack Floyd Floyd, Kenner & Cusimano 816 Chestnut Street Gadsden, AL 35999 (ETOWAH COUNTY ) D. L. Martin 215 South Main Street Moulton, AL 35650 and Defendants by serving the following attorneys of Barry D. Vaughn Proctor and Vaughn 121 North Norton Avenue Sylacauga, AL 35150 (TALLADEGA COUNTY) James W. Webb Webb, Crumpton, McGregor, Schmaeling & Wilson 166 Commerce Street David R. Boyd Montgomery, AL 36101 Balch and Bingham and P. O. Box 78 Lee M. Otts Montgomery, AL 36101 Otts & Moore (LAWRENCE COUNTY) P. O. Box 467 Brewton, AL 36427 H. R. Burnum P. O. BOX: 1618 Anniston, AL 36202 (CALHOUN COUNTY) Alton L. Turner 404 Glenwood Avenue P. 'O.."Box 207 Luverne, AL 3604° (CRENSHAW COUNTY) Warren Rowe P. O. Box 150 Enterprise, AL 36331 (COFFEE COUNTY) (ESCAMBIA COUNTY) by. placing copies of the same in the United States Mail properly ‘addressed and postage paid this 27th day of January, 1986. | W. O. KIRK, JW ATTORNEY FOR iil PICKENS COUNTY.DEFENDANTS 10