Motion for Leave to File and Brief Amici Curiae on Behalf of Bennett et al.

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November 9, 1989 

Judith Reed 
NAACP Legal Defense Fund 
99 Hudson Street 
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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