Letter from Charles Ralston to Supreme Court Clerk Joseph Spaniol RE Copies of Brief for Petitioners

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March 4, 1991

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Letter to Supreme Court Clerk Spaniol stating that 40 copies of Brief for Petitioners w/ Certificate of Service are enclosed

LDF Attorneys
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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
Collection
- Case Files
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- 7b017176-f211-ef11-9f8a-6045bddbf119

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Case Files, Chisom Hardbacks. Letter to Gov. Edwards and Atty Gen. Ieyoub from Marc Moria RE Black Majority District for the LA Supreme Court, 1992. 0bd7d8d1-f211-ef11-9f89-6045bda844fd. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/09e6af01-11cb-46c6-8c55-bef068c22a55/letter-to-gov-edwards-and-atty-gen-ieyoub-from-marc-moria-re-black-majority-district-for-the-la-supreme-court. Accessed April 06, 2025.

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    !MARC H. MORIAL 
State Senator 

District 4 
City of New Orleans 

210 O'Keefe Avenue 
Suite 900 
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 

District Phone: 504/588-9171 

District Fax: 504/588-1027 
Capitol Phone: 504/342-2040 

Capitol Fax: 504/342-0617 

April 6, 1992 

VIA FAX 

SENATE 

STATE OF LOUISIANA 

Governor Edwin W. Edwards 
Governor's Mansion 
Baton Rouge, LA 70804 

VIA FAX 

Attorney General Richard Ieyoub 
State Capitol Building 
22nd Floor 
Baton ,Rouge, LA 70804. 

COMMITTEES: 
Environmental Quality, 

Vice Chairman 
Commerce 

Labor and Industrial Relations 
Revenue and Fiscal Affairs 

Select Committee on Crime and Drugs 

SUBCOMMITTEES: 
Capital Outlay 

Education, Chairman 

ACTION: 
Crime and Drugs 

41)R .? 
1,9,1 

RE: ,Creation of a Black Majority District For the Louisiana 
Supreme Court 

Dear Governor Edwards and General Ieyoub: 

Congratulations are in order for all parties for the recent 
settlement of the Clark case. 

There is however, one significant item of unfinished business. 
This is the settlement of the Chisom case which is also pending in 
the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. This litigation 
seeks to create a majority Black Supreme Court district in Orleans 
Parish through the division of the current two judge district into 
two separate one-judge districts. 

I will introduce legislation this session to create such a district 
as an avenue for settlement of the litigation. 

Like Clark, the settlement of this litigation is important to the 
Black citizens of this state as it would allow Louisiana to join 
so many states with the ascendence of a Black judge or lawyer to 
our. State's highest court. 



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APRIL 6, 1992 

Accordingly, I am asking that you convene an immediate meeting to 
discuss and work out the terms of the settlement of this litigation 
so that the legislature can move forward to the extent necessary 
with the legislation necessary to create this majority Black 
Supreme Court district. 

I await your response. 

Very truly yours, 

aaga°1711 ew 4117> agc? 

MARC H. MORIAL 

MHM/dn 
cc: Counsel for Plaintiffs: 

1) Roy J. Rodney 
2) Julius Chambers 
3) Ron Wilson 
4) Pamela S. Karlan 
5) Dayna Cunningham 

Senator Charles D. Jones 
Senator Dennis Bagneris 
Senator Cleo Fields 
Senator Jon Johnson 
Representative Edwin Murray 
Representative Sherman Copelin

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Letter from Charles Ralston to Supreme Court Clerk Joseph Spaniol RE Copies of Brief for Petitioners

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