Order with Cover Letter
Public Court Documents
August 31, 1970
3 pages
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Case Files, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hardbacks. Order with Cover Letter, 1970. 3ab6a525-2e34-f111-88b4-7c1e527f53b4. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/134b1c86-6eb1-46d7-bb76-cff8caff39cc/order-with-cover-letter. Accessed June 02, 2026.
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[||abe8706c-d158-4839-923f-7965bc945236||] OFFICE OF THE CLERK
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D. C,20543
September 1, 1970
Jack Greenberg, Esq.
Suite 2030
10 Columbus Circle
New York, N.Y. 10019
RE: North Carolina State Bd. of Education,
et al. v. Swann, et al., No. 498, Oct.
Term, 1970
Dear Mr. Greenberg:
Supplementing my wire to you of August 28th,
I am enclosing herewith a copy of the order signed on
August 31st by the Chief Justice in connection with
the school desegregation cases.
Kindly advise by airmail who will present
the oral argument for the appellees in North Carolina
State Board of Education, et al. v. Swann, et al., No.
498, October Term, 1970.
Please notify your associates.
Very truly yours,
E. Robert Seaver, Clerk
By
E. P. Cullinan,
Encl. Chief Deputy
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AIRMAIL
NOTICE TO COUNSEL
Cases are not assigned for a day certain nor are they
called until actually reached for argument. The Clerk
informs counsel as to the day they must be present and
the ease upon which they are in attendance is usually
heard that day or the following day.
The Court convenes at 10 a. m. and, except on days
when there may be opinions to be announced, the argu-
ment of cases begins immediately after admission of
attorneys to practice.
The names of counsel who will argue and the order in
which they will appear, if more than one on a side,
should be given to the Clerk as soon as determined.
Chose who will argue must register with one of the clerks
in Room 102 prior to entering the Court Room to await
the call of their case. Identification cards will be issued
authorizing occupancy of the tables directly behind Coun-
sels” tables when argument in the preceding case begins.
Counsel should remain seated at these tables while the
preceding case is being argued.
In cases on the Summary Calendar but one counsel
may argue on each side and his time is limited to one-
half hour. In other eases the time is one hour for each
side and two counsel are permitted to speak although
divided arguments are not favored. (Rule 44.)
Signal lights on the lectern are employed to inform
counsel when time has expired. A white light appears
when five minutes remain and a red light when time has
expired. The red light alone indicates the arrival of the
12 to 12:30 luncheon recess and the 2:30 adjournment.
When counsel desire to save time for rebuttal or when
time is to be prorated in the case of a divided argument
raugement may be made with the Marshal, prior to
> time case is called, to have an appropriate signal
ished at a specified time. Where counsel have agreed
to a Er of the time for argument, the use of more
time by one attorney does not extend the total time
allotted. Inquiry should not be made of the Chief
Justice as to amount of time remaining.
Counsel in cases being argued at or after the luncheon
recess may make luncheon arrangements with the
Marshal before 10:30 o’clock.
Admissions to the Bar are entertained each d: ay the
Court is in session. If not previously admitted counsel
who plan to argue may be admitted on the d: ay their case
is heard provided the necessary application papers have
been filed and approved. JOHN F. Davis, Clerk.
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