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  • Press Releases, Volume 6. Memorandum Re: Civil Rights Cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, 1971. a8cee8b2-ba92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5501bbe3-2b6d-4448-b033-791991bb07fb/memorandum-re-civil-rights-cases-in-the-us-supreme-court. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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    NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 4 

egal efense umd 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 * 586-8397 

October 8, 1971 

TO: Black Newsmen 

FROM: Sandy O'Gorman, Director 

Public Information Department 

SUBJECT: CIVIL RIGHTS CASES IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT 

Enclosed are background press releases, detailing the argu- 

ments NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) attorneys 

will raise in three important civil rights cases in the U.S. 

Supreme Court. These cases will be heard and most likely de- 

cided during the Court's October 1971 term (which runs through 

June '72). They include a jury discrimination case from 

Louisiana, a prisoners’ rights case from California, and a 

freedom of press (Earl Caldwell) case, also from California. 

As the backgrounders note, all three cases, if won by LDF, 

set important precedents and have significant impact across the 

country. 

In the near future, I am planning to send you a similar 

package, explaining LDF's position in other Supreme Court cases. 

These include three LDF cases which challenge the constitution- 

ality of the prisoners' rights case, this one from Illinois; and 

the first Northern school desegregation case (from Denver, 

Colorado) ever to reach the Supreme court. 

If you have a special interest in any or all of the cases 

I mention above, I would welcome the opportunity to be of addi- 

tional assistance. Or, if you have no plans for an immediate 

story, you might wish to drop me a line noting which cases 

interest you most. Then, when decisions are handed down, I could 

advise you immediately by phone of their local importance and of 

their national impact. 

so'G 

Contributions are deductible for U. S. income tax purposes

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