Correspondence from Woodward to Schwartz (Judge); from Pottinger to DeJean

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November 26, 1976 - June 30, 1988

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  • Case Files, Chisom Hardbacks. Correspondence from Woodward to Schwartz (Judge); from Pottinger to DeJean, 1976. 5283c89c-f411-ef11-9f89-0022482f7547. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/55fed1c1-2636-47fd-902f-ce46215fdacc/correspondence-from-woodward-to-schwartz-judge-from-pottinger-to-dejean. Accessed May 18, 2025.

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M. TRUMAN WOODWARD. JR. 

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PLEASE REPLY TO NEW ORLEANS OFFICE 

June 30, 1988 

Honorable Charles Schwartz, Jr. 
Judge, Section A 
United States District Court 
Eastern District of Louisiana 
500 Camp Street 
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 

GERALD J. HUFFMAN, JR. 
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ELIZABETH RIDNOUR HAAK 
JOHN P. EVERETT 
OF COUNSEL 

Re: Ronald Chisom, et al v. Edwin Edwards, et al 
C/A #87-3463, United States Court of Appeals 
for •the Fifth Circuit  

Dear Judge Schwartz: 

At the request of Mr. Robert Pugh, I am enclosing 
herewith photocopy of Assistant Attorney General J. Stanley 
Pettinger's letter to Mr. Kenneth C. DeJean of November 26, 
1974. 

I am enclosing copies thereof with copies of this 
letter to Messrs. Pugh, Dennery and Quigley. 

Please be further advised that in response to your 
inquiry as to the status of the legislative bill relating to a 
Missouri-type plan, the matter passed out of committee four to 
one favorably on May 30. It was brought up on the same day 
under a special order that they were four votes short of the 
required two-thirds majority for a constitutional amendment and 
the bill remains viable, but with no further action having been 
taken thereon. 

With kindest regards, I am 

Sinc 

M. Truman Woodward, Jr. 

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Assistant Attorney General 
State of Louisiana 
Department of Justice 
State Capitol 
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Dea.r Mr. DeJean: 

NOV 26 1974 

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This is in reference to your submission of the 

Louisiana State Constitution submitted to the Attorney 
General pursuant to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act 
of 1965. Your Dui/mission was received complete (with 
the exception of tbe additional information requested, 
but not yet received, concerning Article VIII, Section 
10(b)), on October 31 1974. 

The Attorney General does not int8rpOae at 
objection to the coppleted part of the submission. 
However, no decision yet can be made with regard to 
Article VIII, Section 10(b). We feel a responsibility 
to point out that the failure of the Attorney General 
to object to the completed part of the submission does 
not bar any subsequent judicial action to enjoin the 
enforcement of such changes. We also would like to 
cell to your attention that our review of Article 
VIII-Education, for which the Eubcistion is complete, 
considered Fifteenth Anendment aspects of the submis-
sion only and should not be construed to be a deter-
mination of any other issues arising under federal law. 

Sincerely, 

• 

STANLEY INGER 
istant Att. ey Gener 

Civil Righta Division

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