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LDF Attorneys
Organization
- 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
Taxonomy
Identifier
- 456d2500-f411-ef11-9f8a-6045bddc4804

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Case Files, Chisom Hardbacks. Report to the Court, 1989. 456d2500-f411-ef11-9f8a-6045bddc4804. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5526fc16-0a32-42ad-aaab-a87ea2a08791/report-to-the-court. Accessed May 22, 2025.

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    IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA 

RONALD CHISOM, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-intervenor, 

V . 

CHARLES E. ROEMER, et al., 

Defendants. 

Civil Action No. 
86-4075 

Section A 

4 REPORT TO THE COURT  

Pursuant to this Court's order of January 5, 1989, the 

plaintiffs, plaintiff-intervenor and defendants have conferred 

and agree to the entry of an order setting forth the following 

schedule for the completion of discovery and pretrial proceed-

ings: 

January 23, 1989 

January 25, 1989 

February 1, 1989 

February 22, 1989 

March 10, 1989 

.April 6, 1989 

Defendants' response to discovery 
requests filed previously by the 
United States. 

Defendants' expert reports due. 

Status conference. 

Identification of non-expert witnesses. 
Any party may identify a witness at a 
later date provided it makes the witness 
available for deposition at reasonable 
time and place prior to the preparation 
of the proposed pre-trial order. 

Discovery closes. 

Proposed pre-trial order filed. 



April 10, 1989 Pre-trial conference. 

We further agree that written discovery requests and re-

quests for production of documents filed following the entry of 

this order will be subject to the provisions of this Court's 

order of September 2, 1988, which require that responses to such 

discovery shall be filed within fifteen (15) days after service. 

We also note that defendant intervenor Calogero's interest 

lies in remedy and he had disclaimed any interest in the proceed-

ings on liability. 

Respectfully submitted, 

For the plaintiffs, Ronald Chisom, et al.: 

(2e:10!-01  
/JUDITH REED 
1" Legal Defense Fund, Inc. 

99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 
New York, New York 10013 
212/219-1900 

For the plaintiff-intervenor, United States: 

ROBERT S. BERMAN 
Attorney, Voting Section 
Civil Rights Division 
Department of Justice 
P.O. Box 66128 
Washington D. C. 20035-6128 

202/724-3100 

For the Defendants, Charles Roemer, et al.: 

4y1,7  
ROBERT G. PUGH, Te I.D. 33-6— 

Pugh and Pugh 
330 Marshall Street 
Suite 1200 
Shreveport, LA 71101 
318/227-2270

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