Letter to Ralph Neas from Sherrilyn Ifill RE Gingles Brief

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February 5, 1991

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Ifill sends Neas Gingles brief with the hope of getting Congress members to file brief in Chisom and HLA

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  • Case Files, Chisom Hardbacks. Letter to Ralph Neas from Sherrilyn Ifill RE Gingles Brief, 1991. 2b31fbe8-f211-ef11-9f8a-6045bddc4804. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/0791c4ee-5989-45c2-8b2a-ef9ca4bbdc79/letter-to-ralph-neas-from-sherrilyn-ifill-re-gingles-brief. Accessed April 10, 2025.

    February 5, 1991 

Ralph Neas, Esq. 
Executive Director 
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 
2027 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 
Washington, D.C. 20036 

Dear Ralph: 

I've enclosed a copy of the brief filed on behalf of members 
of Congress in the Gingles case. It may be of some use to you in 
your efforts to get Congress members on board for a brief in the 
Chisom and HLA cases. 

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. 

cerely, 

Sherril j  A. Ifill 
Assista V Counsel 

NINETY NINE HUDSON STREET, 16th FLOOR • (212) 219-1900 • NEW YORK, N.Y. 10013

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