Complaint with cover letter to Charles Williams from James Blacksher
Correspondence
December 9, 1975

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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Correspondence from Pamela Karlan to Gilbert Ganucheau (Clerk) Re: Chisom v. Edwards, 1987. d4c59bc2-eb92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/2eae5158-b46b-481e-ab3f-beff3c6219df/correspondence-from-pamela-karlan-to-gilbert-ganucheau-clerk-re-chisom-v-edwards. Accessed May 02, 2025.
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JuIy L4, L987 Hon. Gilbert F. Ganucheau Clerk United States Court of Appeals for the fifth Circuit 600 Camp Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Re: No. 87-3463, Chisom v. Edwards Dear Mr. Ganucheau: On July 10, L987, the Court of Appeals remanded this case to the district court (8.D. L€1.7 Charles Schwartz, Jr., J.) for the linited purpose of allowing that court to amend its written opinion of May 1, L987. Appellants received a copy of the district court's subsequent order amending its opinion and a copy of the amended opinion on July L4, L987. Appellants had, hohrever, already filed our brief and record excerpts. We mailed the brief and record excerpts to your office on July 9, L987, and they were apparently received on JuIy 13, L987. Appellants do not believe that the district courtrs amendment changes the thrust of our arg'uments, although it renders unnecessar-y the discussion on pages 18-20 of our brief of why the district court erred in concluding that Wells v. Edwards, 347 F. Supp. 453 (M.D. La. L973) (three-judge court), affrd, 409 U:S. 1095 (L974) (per curiam), construed section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Particularly in light of the fact that we have moved to expedite this appealr w€ see no need to amend the substance of our brief. We do, however, recognize, that the opinion of the district court contained in the Record Excerpts at pages 5-16 has been superseded by the amended opinj.on. We therefore ask your guidance regardi.ng how best to proceed so that the court will have before it the current version of the district courtrs opinion and will not be confused by references in our brief. Respectfullv. A"JStG't* Pamela S. Karlan Counsel for Appellants cc: all counsel NINETY NINE HUDSON STREET, 16th FLOOR (212) 219-1900 NEW YORK, N.Y. 10013