Letter from Lani Guinier to J. Gerald Herbert, DOJ
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December 21, 1982

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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Letter from Lani Guinier to J. Gerald Herbert, DOJ, 1982. e664727f-e392-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/54b5c2bb-ffc5-4852-a985-4acfa1e875ba/letter-from-lani-guinier-to-j-gerald-herbert-doj. Accessed July 13, 2025.
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J. GeraLd Herbert, Esq. Unlted States Department ofJustlce loth and Constltutlon, N.W.Washington, D.C. 2O53O D,ear Mr. Herbert: _Thank you for releastng to me some portions ofthe section 5 frres regardlng the t ouisiana congres-sional- reapportionment. ' rt Is *y urrJerstandlng thatyou. will provtde wlthln the next fow a"y" the factualportlons of a. memorandum prepared by noLert Kwanr.. -attorney tn the.Votlng sei:trbn ""a-Lrre-portlons ofconfldentlar materiar that can be nereased wlthoutidentlfytng the source. r am et1II lnterested lnreeetvtng the addrtronar lnfonmaiton-iequeated ln ,my December IZ, Lgaa 1etter. AB you *nJ;;-;;-";; ,schedured for tntar January 31, rirei.----your promptresponse wlII therefore be appreclated. Havlng- examtned, the Section 5 files you madeavairabre thus far, r have been aure-io- identify twoadditlonal ltems that r need, to review. pleaseprovLde the rexltron dlsc on whr.ch 1t was typed-and !19 olrgtnar of the Jund rB, 1982 r"r"*"rirrdum to theFile from Wm. Bradford Reynolds ""g";di"g theLoulslana Congresslonal r6apportioiment. ,/o*- pc a December 21, I9S2 3lncorely, Lani Guinier LG:JJ bc: Jim KeIlogg