Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Brief
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February 1, 1979
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Case Files, Garner Hardbacks. Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Brief, 1979. 6a5794ca-26a8-f011-bbd3-000d3a53d084. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5b054d1e-372b-4478-a854-365df3babe7e/motion-for-leave-to-file-supplemental-brief. Accessed February 12, 2026.
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Walter L. Bailey, jr,
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Dear waiter*
Enclosed is a copy of the Supplemental Brief that
I filed in Garner. i will contact you as soon as I have heard of a decision in the case.
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Sincerely,
Steven L. Winter
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Enclosure
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
NO. 77-1089
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Motion Granted:
...U. S. Circl’it
CLEAMTEE GARNER, ET AL,
Plaintiff-Appellant
VS.
''MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, ET AL,
Defendants-Appellees.
on Appeal from the united States District Court for the
western District of Tennessee
Western Division
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF
Pursuant to Rule 28(c) of the Federal Rules of Appellate
procedure. Appellant respectfully moves the Court for leave to file
the attached Supplemental Brief. in support of this motion we show
the following:
1. The Brief for Appellant in this case was filed on
May 25, 1977. Subsequently, on June 29, 1977, the United States
Supreme Court decided Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977). Coker
involves the constitutionality of the imposition of the death pen
alty for the crime of rape. in deciding that issue, the Court
dealt with questions regarding the excessiveness and disproportion-
ality of the use of death as a chosen legislative response to