United States' First Set of Interrogatories

    IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA 

RONALD CHISOM, et al., ) 
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Plaintiffs, ) 
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) 
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Plaintiff-intervenor, ) 
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v. ) 
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CHARLES E. ROEMER, et al., ) 
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Defendants. ) 
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Civil Action No. 
86-4075 

Section A 

UNITED STATES/ FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES  

The United States, plaintiff-intervenor in the above-styled 

action, requests that the defendants answer the following inter-

rogatories pursuant to Rule 33, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

within fifteen (15) 'days of the date of service as required by 

the order dated September 2, 1988. 

1. If the defendants deny, in whole or in part, any item in 

the United States First Set of Requests for Admissions, for each 

such request, 

(a) Set out the number of the request 

(b) State the specific grounds for the denial. 

2. State whether from 1922 to the present time any proposals 

have been introduced in the Louisiana Legislature either to mod-

ify the districts from which members of the state supreme court 



are elected or to alter the method in which tbey are selected. If 

so, for each proposal provide 

(a) A detailed description of the proposal; 

(b) The date the proposal was introduced; 

(c) The name and race of the sponsor(s); 

(d) The reason(s) for the rejection of the proposal. 

3. Identify each state interest served by the inclusion of a 

multi-judge election district in the electoral scheme for elect-

ing members of the supreme court. 

JOHN VOLZ WM. BRADFORD REYNOLDS 
United States Attorney Assistant Attorney General 

GERALD 14. JONES 
STEVEN H. ROSENBAUM 
ROBERT S. BERMAN 
Attorneys, Voting Section 
Civil Rights Division 
Department of Justice 
P.O. Box 66128 
Washington, D. C. 20035-6128 
(202) 724-3100 



CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on this 2 1 day of September 1988, I 

served a copy of the foregoing United States' First Set of Inter-

rogatories by mailing a copy, by overnight express mail, to the 

following persons: 

William P. Quigley 
901 Convention Center Blvd. 
Fulton Place 
Suite 901 
New Orleans, LA 70130 

Roy Rodney, Jr. 
643 Magazine Street 
New Orleans, LA 70130 

Julius L. Chambers 
Charles Stephen Ralston 
C. Lani Guinier 
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 
New York, New York 10013 

Pamela S. Karlen 
University of Virginia Law School 
Charlottesville, VA 22901 

Ron Wilson 
Richards Building, Suite 310 
837 Gravier Street 
New Orleans, LA 70112 

William J. Guste, Jr. 
Attorney General 
Louisiana Department of Justice 
234 Loyola Avenue, 7th Floor 

New Orleans, LA 70112 

M. Truman Woodward, Jr. 
909 Poydras Street, Suite 2300 
New Orleans, LA 70130 

Blake G. Arata 
201 St. Charles Avenue 
New Orleans, LA 70130 



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George Strickler, Jr. 
639 Loyola Street 
Suite 1075 
New Orleans LA 70113 

A. R. Christovich 
1900 American Bank Bldg. 
New Orleans, LA 70130 

Moise W. Dennery 
601 Poydras Street 
New Orleans, LA 70130 

Robert G. Pugh 
330 Marshall Street, Suite 1200 
Shreveport, LA 71101 

ROBERT S.BERMAN 
Attorney, Voting Section 
Civil Rights Division 
Department of Justice 
P.O. Box 66128 
Washington D. C. 20035-6128 

202-724-3100