Bolden v. Mobile

United States District Court Records

Wiley L. Bolden v. City of Mobile

This material compliments that of Wiley L. Bolden v. City of Mobile found in the Blacksher, Menefee, and Stein Records.

Index:

Series 1: Materials relating to the first trial held in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, July 1976

Exhibits

Box #

Plaintiff's Exhibits No. 1-111	1, 10, OM*
Defendant's Exhibits No. 12, 25-26, 28-33, 54, 56-57, 59-60, 62-66, 71-72, 76, 78, 80-81, 85-90	2, 10, OM*

Depositions taken prior to first trial

C.	Materials generated between the end of the first trial, July 9, 1976, and the beginning of the second trial in US District Court, May 1981
	Judgement and Opinion rendered in the first trial, July 9, 1976	2
	Miscellaneous filed documents: briefs, findings, motions	2
D.	Transcripts of the first trial, 4 volumes	3

Series 2: Materials relating to the second trial held in the US District Court, May 1981-1982 (on remand from the United States Supreme Court)

A.	Exhibits
	Plaintiff's Exhibits No. 1-123	4, 5, OM*
	Defendant's Exhibit No. 1	8, 9
	Defendant's Exhibits No. 2-109	6, OM*
B.	Depositions taken prior to second trial	9
C.	FINAL DECREE (Judgement and Opinion rendered in second trial)	9

Series 3: Materials from the follow-up hearing held on March 21, 1983 regarding proposed redistricting plans for Mobile	9
Series 4: Materials from Attorneys' fees hearing held on September 23, 1983	9

*OM - Two tubes/rolls onto which very large, over-size exhibits (primarily maps and charts) have been smoothed and rolled

Box 1

This box contains individual legal-size file folders housing exhibits from the first trial of the Bolden case in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. Specifically there are Plaintiff's exhibits 1-111. Missing are nos. 56 and 95, which were originally withdrawn during the trial.

Plt. Ex. 1: Curriculum vitae of Dr. Melton A. McLaurin

Plt. Ex. 2: Excerpt from "The Proceedings of the Gulf Coast History and Humanities Conference," vol. IV, 1973, entitled "Mobile Blacks and World War II: The Development of a Political Consciousness," written by Dr. Melton McLaurin.

Plt. Ex. 3: Voter turnout comparisons for black and white voters, 1972, County Commission election and 1973 City Commission election.

Plt. Ex. 4: Voter turnout comparisons for selected 1974 and 1976 elections.

Plt. Ex. 5: 1973 Mobile voter registration statistics for selected wards: 89.6% of white voting age population (VAP), 63.4% of black VAP registered to vote.

Plt. Ex. 6: 1976 Mobile voter registration statistics for selected wards: 65.18% of white VAP, 37.14% of black VAP registered to vote.

Plt. Ex. 7: Summary of Mobile county voter registration for the years 1966, 1968, 1973, and 1976.

Plt. Ex. 8: Curriculum vitae of Cort B. Schlicting.

Plt. Ex. 9: Dr. James E. Voyles's thesis, "An Analysis of Mobile Voting Patterns, 1948-1970."

Plt. Ex. 10: Computer printout: Votes that Goode Rec'd on May 29, 1962 (run-off election, Voyles's data used).

Plt. Ex. 11: Computer printout: Change of City Government Resolution, 1963, votes of YES.

Plt. Ex. 12: Computer printout: Change of City Government Resolution, 1963, votes of NO.

Plt. Ex. 13: Computer printout: Change of City Government Resolution, 1963, votes of NO (using Voyles's data).

Plt. Ex. 14: Computer printout: Place 1 City Election 1965 Stepwise showing Langan rec'd (City Commission election).

Plt. Ex. 15: Computer printout: Place 1 City Election 1965 Stepwise showing Langan rec'd (using Voyles's data)

Plt. Ex. 16: Computer printout: Place 3 City Election 1965 Stepwise showing Luscher rec'd (City Commission election).

Plt. Ex. 17: Computer printout: Place 2 City Election 1965 Stepwise showing Outlaw rec'd (City Commission election).

Plt. Ex. 18: Computer printout: Place 3 City Election 1965 Stepwise showing Mims rec'd (City Commission election).

Plt. Ex. 19: Computer printout: Vote for Russell in 1966 School Board run-off election.

Plt. Ex. 20: Computer printout: Place 1 County Commission General Election testing Yeager, 1969.

Plt. Ex. 21: Computer printout: Place 2 County Commission General Election testing Smith, 1969.

Plt. Ex. 22: Computer printout: Place 3 County Commission General Election testing Leroy Stevens, 1968.

Plt. Ex. 23: Computer printout: Place 1 County Commission General Election testing Yeager, 1968 - city wards only.

Plt. Ex. 24: Computer printout: Place 2 County Commission General Election testing Smith, 1968 - city wards only.

Plt. Ex. 25: Computer printout: Place 3 County Commission General Election testing Leroy Stevens, 1968 - city wards only.

Plt. Ex. 26: Computer printout: 1968 County Commission election - Yeager run-off (Voyles's data).

Plt. Ex. 27: Computer printout: 1968 County Commission election - Smith run-off (Voyles's data).

Plt. Ex. 28: Computer printout: 1968 County Commission election - Stevens run-off (Voyles's data).

Plt. Ex. 29: Computer printout: Place 1 City Commission Election 1969 Stepwise showing Langan rec'd.

Plt. Ex. 30: Computer printout: Place 3 City Commission Election 1969 Stepwise showing Luscher rec.d.

Plt. Ex. 31: Computer printout: City Commission Election 1969 run-off - Doyles and Webster.

Plt. Ex. 32: Computer printout: Place 1 City Commission Election 1969 Stepwise showing Bailey rec'd (Voyles's data).

Plt. Ex. 33: Computer printout: April 1, 1969 Legislature - Clarence Montgomery.

Plt. Ex. 34: Computer printout: 1970 School Board run-off primary - Jacobs.

Plt. Ex. 35: Computer printout: 1970 School Board run-off primary - Jacobs (Voyles's data).

Plt. Ex. 36: Computer printout: 1972 School Board - percent votes - rec'd by Koffler.

Plt. Ex. 37: Computer printout: Place 1 County Commission General Election, testing Yeager - 1972.

Plt. Ex. 38: Computer printout: Place 2 County Commission General Election, testing Smith - 1972.

Plt. Ex. 39: Computer printout: Place 3 County Commission General Election, testing Haas - 1972.

Plt. Ex. 40: Computer printout: Place 1 County Commission General Election, testing Yeager, 1972, city wards only.

Plt. Ex. 41: Computer printout: Place 2 County Commission General Election, testing Smith, 1972, city wards only.

Plt. Ex. 42: Computer printout: Place 3 County Commission General Election, testing Haas, 1972, city wards only.

Plt. Ex. 43: Computer printout: 1972 County Commission primary - percent vote Langan rec'd.

Plt. Ex. 44: Computer printout: 1972 County Commission primary - percent vote Stevens rec'd.

Plt. Ex. 45: Computer printout: 1972 County Commission primary - percent vote Capps rec'd.

Plt. Ex. 46: Computer printout: 1973 City Commission run-off election, Place 1, percent vote Bailey rec'd.

Plt. Ex. 47: Computer printout: 1973 City Commission election, Place 3, percent vote A. Smith rec'd.

Plt. Ex. 48: Computer printout: 1973 City Commission election, Place 1, percent vote O. L. Taylor rec'd.

Plt. Ex. 49: Computer printout: 1973 City Commission election, Place 3, percent vote L. Albert rec'd.

Plt. Ex. 50: Computer printout: 1973 City Commission run-off election, Place 1, percent vote Greenough rec'd.

Plt. Ex. 51: Computer printout: Change of Government referendum - 1973, votes of YES.

Plt. Ex. 52: Computer printout: 1973 School Board run-off election, Place 1, percent vote Gill rec'd.

Plt. Ex. 53: Summary of Statistical Analyses: City Commission races, testing by Voyles and Pearsons.

Plt. Ex. 54: Char of Coefficients (this is over-sized material and is located on the large rolls).

Plt. Ex. 55: Resume of Dr. Charles L. Cotrell, dated December 1975.

Plt. Ex. 56: MISSING FROM COLLECTION. (This exhibit was admitted in evidence during the first (1st) trial on July 13, 1976, but was missing when the material was given to the Archives).

Plt. Ex. 57: Voyles's ward analyses - map of Mobile showing economic groupings/sections, varying income areas (this map has been placed with other similar large material in Box #10).

Plt. Ex. 58: Map of Mobile - shows minority house concentrations, areas of 90% + black population, or 5% or less black population (specifically Trinity Gardens, Magazine Point, Lincoln Street, Carver Court, Down the Bay, Maysville and Crichton).

Plt. Ex. 59: Municipal Performance Report 1:5, re: City Air segregation statistics on 109 cities.

Plt. Ex. 60: "A Computer Model for Design of Voting District Boundaries" prepared by V. Gordon Moulton, March 18, 1976.

Plt. Ex. 61: Newspaper Clippings, excerpts from the Mobile Press Register of 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973 and 1974 (chronologically arranged with labels). Subject: County Commission election coverage - "Beat the Bloc Vote!", the Los Angeles race riot of 1965, and the election of Wallace in 1964).

Plt. Ex. 62: Mobile Press Register article, "Numerous Cross Burnings Spread Across Coast Areas," June 25, 1976.

Plt. Ex. 63: Mobile United membership meeting - transcript of proceedings, "panel discussion/debate on A Commission of Mayor/Council Form of Government for the City of Mobile," pro-commission speaker: Attorney Ed Thornton, pro-mayor/council speakers: State Senator Bill Roberts and Dr. William J. Harkins.

Plt. Ex. 64: Summary of city committees - statistics and descriptions: number of, and percentage of, black members on active and inactive committees, totals and summary of findings, information on each individual committee - appointment dates of members, duties, composition of board, etc.

Plt. Ex. 65: Special Report of the March/April 1976 Grand Jury of Mobile County, five indictments handed down in the matter of Glen Diamond and eight Mobile policemen. Excerpts from Mobile Press Register re: policy brutality incident of 1976. (For more on Glenn Diamond, see Box 2, Defendant’s Exhibit 85, and the Lambert Mims Papers, Accession 08-09-459, Series 1C, Civil Rights, Box 31, File 17.)

Plt. Ex. 66: File of newspaper clippings, petitions and letters dated 1975 and earlier, re: Mobile Police Department. Signed statements of Emerson Mack Slay, Ida Prevo, Marvin Green, Charles W. Hill, Roderick Campbell, Fred Murphy, and Clarence Crawford, all testifying Commissioners of Mobile asking for more black policemen and firemen. News release by the Non-Partisan Voters League entitled "Blacks Deplore Police Killings."

Plt. Ex. 67: Affidavits and petitions, re: voter registration circa 1965: Henrietta Smith, James Brook, and Joe Dixon, three black Mobilians alleging voting restrictions/inability to vote. Petition to Mobile County Board of Registrars from the Citizens' Committee.

Plt. Ex. 68: Petition to Mobile County Commission from John LeFlore of the Non-Partisan Voters League, dated September 15, 1967, re: complaint against the denial of black access to the American War Mothers' Memorial Auditorium.

Plt. Ex. 69: Petition to Board of City Commissioners from John LeFlore, dated August 12, 1963, re: equal access of blacks to all public/city facilities; consideration of a public accommodations ordinance giving blacks equal access to all lodging, eating, and entertainment places; equal employment opportunities.

Plt. Ex. 70: EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) - State and Local Government information (EEO-4), Mobile City Employment Data as of June 30, 1973.

Plt. Ex. 71: EEOC - State and Local Government information (EEO-4), Mobile City Employment Data as of June 30, 1974.

Plt. Ex. 72: EEOC - State and Local Government information (EEO-4), Mobile City Employment Date as of June 30, 1975.

Plt. Ex. 73: City employment statistics for 1975, summary analysis by race, salary, and job classification. Source: State and Local Government information (EEO-4), submitted to the EEOC.

Plt. Ex. 74: Information on paved streets in Mobile city wards, provided by James Chapman, assistant city engineer, in a letter to R. Smith, the City Clerk, dated December 15, 1975.

Plt. Ex. 75: Summary of information on paved streets in the city of Mobile.

Plt. Ex. 76: "The Neighborhoods of Mobile: Their Physical Characteristics and Needed Improvements," a study by the Mobile City Planning Commission, September 1969.

Plt. Ex. 77: "Social Services Plan," prepared by South Alabama Regional Planning Committee.

Plt. Ex. 78: Photo: Trinity Gardens, old playground on Ruby Street.

Plt. Ex. 79: Photo: Trinity Gardens, Leatherwood's house on Bolden Street.

Plt. Ex. 80: Photo: Trinity Gardens, Butler near Wargaw.

Plt. Ex. 81: Photo: Trinity Gardens, Banks at Butler.

Plt. Ex. 82: Photo: Trinity Gardens, Banks at Butler.

Plt. Ex. 83: Photo: Trinity Gardens, Banks.

Plt. Ex. 84: Photo: Trinity Gardens, Banks.

Plt. Ex. 85: Photo: Trinity Gardens, Banks and Lincoln.

Plt. Ex. 86: Photo: Trinity Gardens, Union Street.

Plt. Ex. 87: Photo: Trinity Gardens, ditch near playground.

Plt. Ex. 88: Photo: Ruby at First.

Plt. Ex. 89: Photo: Trinity Gardens, Union at First.

Plt. Ex. 90: Letter to Mobile City Transit Committee from the citizens of Trinity Garden, 1962.

Plt. Ex. 91: Advertisements/Memoranda of the Lincoln Street Improvement Organization calling for better drainage: "Lincoln Street Needs Drainage Now!"

Plt. Ex. 92: Minutes of regular meeting of Board of School Commissions of Mobile County, October 6, 1975.

Plt. Ex. 93: "The Economy and Population of the South Alabama Region," by the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission (1960-1970 information).

Plt. Ex. 94: Resolution of the City Commission, January 27, 1975, and the application for federal assistance under the Community Development Block Grand Program of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. The applicant was the City of Mobile.

Plt. Ex. 95: WITHDRAWN FROM EVIDENCE DURING THE FIRST (1ST) TRIAL.

Plt. Ex. 96: Statistical analysis by Jack Friend (this exhibit has been placed with similar large material in Box #10)

Plt. Ex. 97: Copy of campaign ad for Nicholas Kearney, candidate for District Judge, taken from the Chickasaw News Herald and the Mobile County News (not dated).

Plt. Ex. 98: Testimony/deposition of Robert S. Edington, taken July 2, 1976.

Plt. Ex. 99: Testimony/deposition of Mr. Gary Cooper, taken July 6, 1976.

Plt. Ex. 100: Testimony/deposition of Mr. Cain J. Kennedy, taken July 2, 1976.

Plt. Ex. 101: Newspaper article, "Cross Burnings, Threatening Letter Raise Concern in Black Community," from the Mobile Beacon, July 3, 1976.

Plt. Ex. 102: Newspaper article, "Halt Asked in U.S. Aid to Protection Agencies," from the Mobile Press Register, June 25, 1975.

Plt. Ex. 103: Two documents: a letter to Mayor Gary Greenough from Executive Director of South Alabama Region Planning Commission, dated January 20, 1975; a list of committees comprising the Citizens' Advisory Group for the Mass Transit Technical Study.

Plt. Ex. 104: Copy of City Ordinance 99-150: Creation of Codes Advisory Committee, August 23, 1963, and amending Ordinance 99-07, adding one additional member to Codes Advisory Committee, August 10, 1965.

Plt. Ex. 105: Roster of members of Mobile Area Public Higher Education Foundation, Inc., and Mobile County Foundation for Public Higher Education; city, county, and school board appointments.

Plt. Ex. 106: Copy of City Ordinance 65-113: creating Independence Day Celebration Committee, July 5, 1972, and the roster of the committee's members.

Plt. Ex. 107: Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Industrial Development Board of Mobile, and the roster of the board's members.

Plt. Ex. 108: Members of Mobile Housing Board.

Plt. Ex. 109: Analysis of Defendant's recreation data, information on parks facilities and personnel.

Plt. Ex. 110: Newspaper article, "City Parks Program to Total $8 Million," from the Mobile Press Register, November 19, 1975.

Plt. Ex. 111: Correspondence between Mobile NAACP head, Robert Gillard and the Office of Revenue Sharing in Washington D. C., re: alleged discrimination in fund allocations 1975-1975 combined Capital Improvement and Revenue Sharing Budget, estimates for six-year program of capital improvements, master drainage program Map of Mobile indicating housing units by race and tenure of occupancy.

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