Correspondence from McDuff to Reed

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- NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc.
Matter
- Chishom v. Edwards (Chisom v. Roemer) (Perschall v. State of Louisiana)
Case
- Chisom v. Roemer
U.S. state
- Louisiana
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- Case Files
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- 9761ae9f-f211-ef11-9f8a-6045bddc4804

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Case Files, Chisom Hardbacks. Correspondence from McDuff to Reed, 1989. 9761ae9f-f211-ef11-9f8a-6045bddc4804. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/3ed6ce14-0ed0-4ccc-9993-5cc17d934aa2/correspondence-from-mcduff-to-reed. Accessed August 14, 2025.

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November 9, 1989

Judith Reed
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
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New York, NY 10013

RE: Chisom V. Roemer, No. 89-3654

Dear Judith:

Can you send me a letter confirming the plaintiffs' agreement to
the Lawyers' Committee filing an amicus brief in the Fifth
Circuit, so I can forward it to the Court once we file the brief?

Thanks, and good luck with all of your briefs and the rest of
your busy docket here at the end of the decade.

Robert B. McDuff

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