This case was
first filed separately in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
with Henry McMillan and others filing suit against the Escambia County, Florida, Board of
Commissioners, the School District of Escambia County, the School Board of Escambia
County, and Escambia County superintendent of elections. The second suit was filed by
Elmer Jenkins and others against the City of Pensacola, the Pensacola City Council, and
elections supervisor. The two cases were filed March 18, 1977, and consolidated April 17,
1979.
Both cases called for redistricting as
it related to the election of members of the Pensacola City Council and the Escambia
County Board of Education. All members of both governing bodies were elected at-large, and
the plaintiffs alleged that this diluted black votes and limited chances for blacks to be
elected. The district court agreed in December 1978 that the city’s districting was
unconstitutional and ordered a change. The city presented a new plan in 1979 that called
for seven single-member districts, plus three at-large council members. The court approved
the plan, but the plaintiffs appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, alleging that the plan
was still unconstitutional because of the three at-large council seats. The sides agreed
to drop the case and allow the 7-3 compromise to go into effect in the 1983 elections.
There is no definitive answer in the files as to the outcome of the school board
complaint.
*Researchers
should also see Bolden
v. City of Mobile for other material related to at-large voting.
Box 84
1. Discovery
Exhibits, 49,50,51,52
2. Discovery Exhibits, 53-56
3. Discovery Exhibits, 57-59
4. Discovery Exhibits, 60-62
5. Discovery Exhibits, 63-65
6. Discovery Exhibits, 66-68
7. Discovery Exhibits, 69-71
8. Discovery Exhibits, 72-74
9. Documents, Pleadings
10. Drafts
11. Election Data, Miscellaneous
12. Exhibits
13. Fees & Payments
14. Florida Statutes Electors, Office Procedures
15. Historical Materials
16. Interrogatories
17. Jenkins, Elmer, Legal Documents
18. Judgements, Jenkins & McMillan
19. Legal Documents
Box 85
1. Court
of Appeals, 11th Circuit
2. Curry, Dr. Glen David, Articles & Data
3-5. Depositions
6. Discovery Exhibits 2,
E1-DP 5-8-56
7. Discovery Exhibits 3,
E1A DP 5-9-56
8. Discovery Exhibits 4 & 5
9. Discovery Exhibits 6 & 7
10. Discovery Exhibits 8, 9, 10
11. Discovery Exhibits 11, E7 DP 5-3-60
12. Discovery Exhibits 12, 13, 14
13. Discovery Exhibits 15, 16, 17
14. Discovery Exhibits 18, 19, 20, 21
15. Discovery Exhibits 22, 23, 24
16. Discovery Exhibits 25, 26, 27, 28
17. Discovery Exhibits 29, 30
18. Discovery Exhibits 31, 32, 33, 35
19. Discovery Exhibits 36, 37, 38, 39
20. Discovery Exhibits 40, 41, 42
21. Discovery Exhibits 43, 44, 45
22. Discovery Exhibits 46, 47, 48
Box 86
1-3. Attorney=s
Fees & Expenses
4-6. Attorney=s
Fees, Pensacola Cases
7. Attorney=s
Notes
8. Black Voting History
9. Charter Proposal, Escambia Co., 1975-1976
10. Citizen=s
Surveys
11. City Council Referendum, 1959
12. City Elections Analysis, 1955, 1961, 1963,
1965
13. City Elections Analysis, 1967, 1969
14. City Elections Analysis, 1971, 1973
15. City Elections Analysis, 1975, 1977
16. Constitutional Convention, 1885
17. Correspondence, 1975, 1976
18. Correspondence 1977
19. Correspondence 1978, 1979
20. County Commission Legislative History
21. County Elections Analysis
22. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, Jenkins
23. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, McMillan
Box 87
1. Maps
2. Miscellaneous Material
3-4. Newspaper Clippings
5. Other Court Cases
6. City of Pensacola, Discovery
7. Pensacola Urban Area Transit Development Program,
1977
8. Pensacola, An Urban Center, Abstract
9. Presidential Elections, Results, 1972-1976
10. Pre-Trial Stipulations, Witness Lists
11. Registered Voters, Escambia County, 1956,
1959-1960
12. Registered Voters, Escambia County, 1961-1964
13. Registered Voters, Escambia County, 1965, 1967
14. Registered Voters, Escambia County, 1968-1969
15. Registered Voters, Escambia County, 1970-1971
16. Registered Voters, Escambia County, 1972-1973
17. Registered Voters, Escambia County, 1974
18. Registered Voters, Escambia County, 1976
19. Registered Voters, Escambia County, 1977
20. Related Cases, Aranda v Van Sickle
21. Related Cases, Campbell v Gadsden County
School Board
22. Plaintiff=s
Information
Box 88
1. Scholarly
Articles
2. School Board Elections
3. School Board Elections Analysis
4. School Board Legislative History
5. School Desegregation
6. Supreme Court Briefs
7. Voting Results
8. West Florida Regional Planning Council
9. Witness Lists
10. Depositions
11. Pleadings