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LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorneys
Organizations
- NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc.
- Unknown Firm
Matter
- Chishom v. Edwards (Chisom v. Roemer) (Perschall v. State of Louisiana)
Case
- Chisom v. Edwards
U.S. state
- Louisiana, Georgia
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
Identifier
- 3686aa62-f211-ef11-9f8a-6045bddc4804

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Case Files, Chisom Hardbacks. Index to Hardback 1, 1986. 3686aa62-f211-ef11-9f8a-6045bddc4804. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/26c51c2d-a400-46d4-bc85-49d7bc98e7e7/index-to-hardback-1. Accessed July 07, 2025.

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    RONALD CHISOM v. EDWIN EDWARDS 

(0819-01) 

Hardback No. 1 of 1  

9- 19-86 Complaint 1 

9- 19-86 Letter, Application and Order re three-
judge court 2 

9- 23-86 ORDER RE: Three-judge court 3 

9- 30-86 Notice of Amended Complaint and Complaint 4 

10-03-86 PK's letter to Quigley with attached Memo-
andum Concerning The Need For A Three-
Judge Court 5 

10-16-86 Notice of Appearance for L. Guinier 6 

11- 5-86 Opposition to Plaintiffs' Request For 
District Court of Three Judges 7 

12-12-86 Lani Guinier's Affidavit (as counsel) 8 

2- 4-87 MINUTE ENTRY re: status conference 9 

3-18-87 Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Notice 10 

3- -87 Plaintiffs' Memorandum In Opposition to 
Defendants' Motion to Dismiss 11 

4-06-87 PK's letter to C.Schwartz re: Motion to 
Dismiss 12 

4-06-87 !, u !., " Quigle, with attached 
certificate of good standing 13 

PK's Notice of Appearance 14 

4-10-87 Unopposed Motion to Enroll Additional 
Counsel of Record 15 

4-13-87 Reply Memorandum to Plaintiffs' 
Opposition 16 

5- 1-87 OPINION om Motion to Dismiss 17 

5- 1-87 Supplemental Record Excerpts 18 

5-13-87 Letter from Clerk to Quigley with in-
structions re: how to proceed with appeal 19 



6- 2-87 ORDER re Defendants Motion to Dismiss 20 

6-17-87 ' Plaintiffs' Notice of Appeal 21 

6-23-87' Letter from Clerk to Quigley re appeal 
being docketed and other instructions 22 

6-25-87 Letter from Clerk to Quigley re: appeal 
briefing and other instructions, including 
copy of Rule 28.2.1 23 

7- 9-87 Appellants' Brief, Record Excepts and 
Motion to Expedite Appeal 24 

7- -87 Brief for Appellees 25

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