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Menefee, and Stein Records Abstract The Leila G. Brown v John L. Moore voter dilution case involved the discriminatory nature of at-large school board elections in Mobile County. Plaintiffs challenged the at-large method of electing members of the board, claiming that it denied African American an equal say in the running of the schools. The district court found for the plaintiffs and instructed the county to institute district voting in its November 1978 elections. The county appealed to the Fifth Circuit, which affirmed the court’s decision. The county then appealed to the Supreme Court, which, in the case of Williams v. Brown, reversed the district court’s decision. Plaintiffs then requested a preliminary injunction that would preserve the district voting system until a decision on remand could be made, which the district court granted. The court investigated the history behind the at-large election of school board members and found that the practice dated back to 1876 (see Alabama Acts 242). It held that Mobile County’s system of electing school board members was discriminatory and enjoined the school commissioners from holding any further elections under the at-large system. Other companion cases to Brown v Moore were those of Brown v Board of School Commissioners and Brown v Moore and Williams. Researchers should refer to the collection Brown v Board to get the full range of material available in this important civil rights case. Please refer to the end of this box list for material related to Brown v Moore and Brown v Board found in another collection entitled Bolden v Mobile. Researchers should also be aware that there is material in the United States District Court Collection housed at the USA Archives on Brown v Moore. Box 13 -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of Gary Cooper, July 6, 1976 -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of Charles Cottrell, May 28, 1976 and June 30, 1976 -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of Cain J. Kennedy, July 2, 1976 -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Testimony of Robert S. Edington, July 2, 1976 -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Transcript, April 26, 1982 -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Transcript, U. S. District Court, May 23, 1977 -Brown and Bolden Trial Notes File -Brown or Bolden Exhibits (?) -Chapter VII, "Bosses and Businessmen: The Fight For Commission Government in Mobile, 1910-1911" -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Trial Testimony, September 9 - September 17, 1976 (7 vols.) -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Order on Selection of School Board Chairman and on Plaintiff's Motion to Enjoin New Board Policies, Etc., U.S. District Court -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Appearances by Larry Menefee, Edward Still, J. Gerald Hebert, Robert C. Campbell, III, and James C. Wood, July 16, 1982 -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Opinion and Order as to the County Commissioners of Mobile County -Brown v Moore, Notes and Correspondence -Brown v Moore, Transcript, December 17, 1980 -Brown v Moore, Policies of the Board of School Commissioners for the Public Schools of Mobile County, Alabama, August 1974 Box 14 -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Amendment to the Order on Plaintiff's Motion to Show Cause Why School Board Members Should Not Be Held in Contempt, October 20, 1978, U.S. District Court -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Opinion and Order As to the Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, U.S. District Court -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Style of Cause -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Opinion and Order As to the County Commissioners of Mobile County -Handwritten Document on Legal Paper, "The District Court Correctly Reconciled Washington v Davis with Limm[?] v McKeith..." -Kirksey Brief -Mobile Press Register: List of Qualified Voters Registered in Mobile County -Brown v Moore, No. ?, County Redistricting Plan, November 21, 1983 -School Board Plan Revised, August 1983 -Constitution and Statutes File -Second Arguments File -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Opinion and Order As to the County Commissioners of Mobile County, U.S. District Court -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Plaintiff's Brief in Support of Proposal of Relief, U.S. District Court -Brown v Moore Law File -Brown Historical/Statutory Research File -Legislative Bill File, House Bill 951 and Substitute -1965 VRA Legislative History File -Brown - Board Minutes, October 14, 1981, Verbatim Transcripts -Apportionment Plan, Mobile County School Board, Plaintiff's Exhibit C, June 21, 1982 -Brown v Moore, No. 80-7610 -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P and 75-297-H, Interrogatory Answers -Brown Research -Brown F.O.F./C.O.L. Materials -Brown v Moore, Notes -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Examination of Dan Alexander, Hiram Bosarge, and Homer Sessions -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Testimony Concerning School Plan Box 15 -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Motion for Stay -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Testimony -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Testimony -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of James A. Harris -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of Edward Malcolm Friend, III -Brown v Moore, No. 77-2507, Appellant's Supplemental Brief -Brown v Moore, No. 77-2507, Appellant's Reply Brief -Brown v Moore, No. 77-2507, Defendant's Supplemental Brief -Brown v Moore, No. 77-2507, Defendant's Brief -Brown v Moore, No. 77-1583, Appendix, Vols. 1-11 -Brown v Moore and Williams, No. 77-1583, Supplemental Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellees Supporting Motion for Reaffirmance on Remand -Brown v Moore and Williams, No. 77-1583, Reply Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellants, Court of Appeals -Brown v Moore and Williams, No. 77-1583, Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, Court of Appeals -Brown and Moore, No. 77-1583, Reply Brief of Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants, Court of Appeals -Brown v Moore and Williams, No. 77-1583, Brief of Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees -Brown v Moore and Williams, No. 77-1583, Reply Brief of Defendants-Appellants -Brown v Moore and Williams, No. ?, Jurisdictional Statement, Supreme Court Box 16 -Robert R. Williams v Leila G. Brown, No. 78-357, Transcript, Supreme Court, March 19, 1979 -Williams v Brown, No. 78-357, Motion to Affirm, Supreme Court, October 1978 -Williams v Brown, No. 78-357, Appellee's Brief, Supreme Court, October, 1978 -Williams v Brown, No. 78-357, Supplemental Brief for Appellants on Reargument, Supreme Court, October, 1979, Appendix A -Williams v Brown, No. 78-357, Appellee's Brief, Supreme Court, October, 1978 -Williams v Brown, No. 78-357, Appellant's Brief, Supreme Court, December 1978 -Letter from Menefee to Dennis Dimsey, November 29, 1973 -Moore v Brown, No. 78-357, Application for Stay of Elections and Stay of Civil Contempt Sanctions Pending Appeal, Supreme Court -Williams v Brown, No. 78-357, Motion to Affirm, Supreme Court, October, 1978 -Williams v Brown, No. 78-357, Motion to Affirm, Supreme Court, October 1978 -Williams v Brown, No. ?, Appellant's Brief, Supreme Court, December 1978 -Williams v Brown, No. ?, Reply Brief for Appellants, Supreme Court, March 1979 -Williams v Brown, No. ?, Supplemental Brief for Appellants on Reargument, Supreme Court, October 1979 -Williams v Brown, No. 78-357, Appendix Vol. 1, pp. 1a-322a; Vol. 2, pp. 322a-540a, Supreme Court -Brown & USA v Board, No. 82-7130, Hearing After Remand from the Court of Civil Appeals, Transcripts Vol. 1 and 2, April 13, 14, 15, and 17, 1981 -Brown & U.S.A. v Board, No. 84-7412, Brief of Defendants-Appellants, Court of Appeals -Brown & USA v Board, No. 84-7412, Record Excerpts, Court of Appeals -Brown & USA v Board, No. 84-7412, Brief for the U.S. as Appellee, Court of Appeals -Brown & USA v Board, No. 84-7412, Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellees, Court of Appeals -Brown & USA v Board, No. 83-7459, Brief of Defendants-Appellants, Court of Appeals -Brown & USA v Board, No. 83-7459, Appellee's Opposition to the Emergency Motion for Stay, Court of Appeals -Board v Brown, No. 83-334, Supreme Court's Judgement Affirmed and Jurisdictional Statement -Brown v Board, No. 82-7236, Record Excerpts Box 17 -Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of Norman Berger, January 14, 1981 -Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, Testimony of Peyton McCrary, March 13, 1981 -Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of Ruth Drago, January 14, 1981 -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, Transcript of Appearances by Edward Still, J. Gerald Hebert, Robert C. Campbell, James C. Wood, and Richard D. Horne -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, Testimony of George E. Store Jr., March 24, 1981 -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, Testimony of Abram Philips, March 24, 1981 -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of Nat Sonnier, December 9, 1980 -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of Mayer W. Perloff, November 5, 1980 -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of J. Thomas Sandusky, December 29, 1980 -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of J. Morgan Kousser, March 16, 1981 -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of Jerrell H. Shofner, March 13, 1981 -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of Douglas Johnstone, March 5, 1980 -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, Deposition of Chandler Davidson, March 16, 1981 -Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, Trial Transcript, April 1981, Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 -Supreme Court Reporter, Vol. 98, April 1, 1978, No. 11 -Black Population Distribution and Trends; Black Voting Influence; and Support Calculations Summary -Brown v Board, Trial Exhibits File Box 18 -Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, Opinion Issued by Judge Pittman After Remand, April 15, 1982 -Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, Transcript of School Board Meeting, May - July, 1980 -Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, 1. Plaintiff's Memorandum Brief Regarding Remand Proceedings, 2. Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law By the U.S., 3. Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law By Plaintiffs -Brown v Moore Briefs File, Brown & US v Board, No. 75-298-P, 1. Opinion and Order, 2. Order Granting Stay, 3. Order on Motion to Amend Preliminary Injunction, 4. Order Adopting the Proposed Redistricting Plan Submitted by the U.S., 5. Final Judgement and Injunction -Brown v Board Exhibits File -Brown, Appendix B - "Analysis of Plaintiff's Plan for School Board" -Briefs Relating to Brown, Brown v Board, 1. Thomasville NAACP v Thomas County, Georgia, No. 77-1196, Brief of Appellants, Supreme Court; 2. Mark White v Diana Register, No. 73-1462, February 19, 1975, Supreme Court; 3. Blacks United for Lasting Leadership v City of Shreveport, No. 76-3619, Certificate Required by Fifth Circuit Local Rule 13(a), Court of Appeals; 4. Henry J. Kirksey v City of Jackson, Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal, Court of Appeals (See also Bolden v City of Mobile) -Brown v Board, Government Trial Exhibits (expanding file folder) -Brown v Board, Trial Notes for Trial in District Court, April 13 - April 17, 1981 -Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, In Reference to Dan Alexander's Term -Brown & USA v Board, No. ?, Emergency Motion for Stay, Appeals Court -Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, Larry Menefee Affidavit re: Motion for Award of Attorneys Fees for Kenneth L. Thomas Box 19 -Expanding File Folder, 1. School Board Newspaper Clippings; 2. Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, Witness List -Expanding File Folder, 3. Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, Defendant's Witness List; 4. Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, Notice of Deposition: Peyton McCrary and Jerrell Shofner; 5. Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, Civil Docket Continuation Sheet; 6. Brown v Board, No. ?, Short Synopsis; 7. Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, List of Exhibits for Defendants Williams, Alexander, Berger, Drago, and Sessions; 8. Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, List of Exhibits for Defendants Moore, Mandeville, Purvis, Yeager, and Haas; 9. Brown v Board, No. ?, Chronology; 10. Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, Plaintiff's Motion for an Award of Attorneys Fees and Expenses; 11. Brown v Moore, Newspaper Articles; 12. Brown & USA v Board, No. 83-7459, Record Excerpts, Court of Appeals 13. Brown v Board, No. ?, Defendant's First Set of Continuing Interrogatories and Request for Production to the Plaintiffs Regarding Attorneys Fees; 14. Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, Plaintiff's Amended Motion for an Award of Attorneys Fees and Expenses; 15. Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, Defendant's Attorneys Fees and Expenses; 16. Brown v Moore, No. ?, Docket Sheet (District Court) Box 20 -Brown v Board, No. 75-298-P, Discovery Originals Only -Brown v Board, No. ?, Attorney Fee File #1, December 9, 1976 - April 30, 1984 -Brown v Board, No. ?, Attorney Fee File #2, May 1, 1984 - -Brown Attorney Fee File, Pleadings File #1, December 8, 1976 - June 21, 1983 -Brown Attorney Fee File, Pleadings File #2, June 22, 1983 - -Brown Attorney Fee Issue, No. 77-2507, Plaintiff's Briefs Only -Brown Docket Sheets (Relating to Attorney Fee Issue) -Cort Schlicting -Para-Legal -Hand, Arendall Fees -Brown Attorney Fee Issue, No. 77-2507, Defendant's Briefs Only -Expanding File Folder (Briefs Only, In the 11th Circuit), Brown v Board, No. 82-7130, 1. Brown & USA v Board, No. 83-7459, Brief for the U.S.; 2. Brown & USA v Board, No. 83-7459, Brief of Appellees; 3. Brown v Moore, No. 80-7610, Brief of Appellants; 4. Brown & USA v Board, No. 82-7130 and 82-7236, Statement Regarding Preference Class IV, Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellees and Plaintiffs-Appellants; 5. Brown & USA v Board, No. 82-7130, Record Excerpts; 6. Brown & USA v Board, No. 82-7130 and 82-7236, Reply Brief of Defendants-Appellants -Expanding File Folder (Briefs Only, In the 11th Circuit), Brown v Board, No. 82-7130, 7. Brown & USA v Board, No. 82-7130, Brief of Defendants-Appellants; 8. Brown & USA v Board, No. 82-7130, Brief for the U.S.; 9. Brown & USA v Board, No. 82-7130, Supplemental Brief for the U.S.; -Board of School Commissioners Transcript, April 25, 1984 Box 21 -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, File #12, May 1982 - September 13, 1982, Court of Appeals -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, File #13, September 15, 1982 - August 14, 1983, Court of Appeals -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, File #14, August 15, 1983 - June 15, 1984 -Brown & USA v Board, No. 75-298-P, File #15, July 7, 1984 - Box 22 -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, File #1, Supplemental Answers of Plaintiff to Defendant's Interrogatories -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, File #2 - #8, Miscellaneous Material (See also Box #25) Box 23 -Brown v Moore, No. 75-298-P, File #9 - #11, Miscellaneous Material (See also Box #24) Box 24 -Black Population Maps (by County) -Exhibit #56 County Commission Chart -Exhibit #55 County Commission Chart -Exhibit #54 School Board Chart -Black Population Maps (by County) Transparencies -Mobile County School Divisions Map (by Community) Box 25 -Black Population Maps (by County) Colored -Map of Marion, AL -1973 Map of Marion, AL -March 1973 Map of Marion, AL -Map of 1981-1982 AL Senatorial Districts -School Service Area Maps Box 26 -Blank AL State Map County Lines only -Map of AL -Constitutional Amendments for 1977 -Democratic Primary Elections 1976 -ED Districts Mobile County -Government Amendment Elections AL Copies 1974 -1974 Democratic Primary Elections -1972 Democratic Primary Elections -M70705 1970 Primaries -M66M03 1966 Democratic Primary Elections -Government Amendment Elections 1972 -1968 Primary Elections -Enumeration Districts 1980 Census See also Box #8 of Bolden v
Mobile Box #12 of Bolden v
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