Correspondence from Feldman to Politz, Cassibry, and Collins

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April 12, 1983

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- Lani Guinier
Matter
- Major v. Treen
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- Major v. Treen
U.S. state
- Louisiana
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- Case Files
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    BRONFIN, HELLER, FELDMAN, STEINBERG & BERINS 

ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW 

WHITNEY BUILDING 

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70130 

FRED BRONFIN 

EOWARD M. HELLER ISAAC S. HELLER (1893-1967) 
MARTIN L.C. FELDMAN ROBERT WEINSTEOIN (1908-1962) 
SYLVAN J. STEINBERG 

BERNARD MH. BERINS 
ROBERT A. KUTCHER Apr i 1 1 2 ’ 19 8 3 504/568-1888 

JAN M. HAYDEN 

KAREN B. SHER 

TELEPHONE 

Honorable Henry A. Politz 
United States Circuit Court 
Room 2B04 
500 Fannin Street 

Shreveport, Louisiana 71101 

Honorable Fred J. Cassibry 
United States District Court 
Eastern District of Louisiana 
500 Camp Street 
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 

Honorable Robert F. Collins 

United States District Court 

Eastern District of Louisiana 
500 Camp Street 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 

RE: Barbara C. Major, et al v. David C. 
Treen, et al; UU, S, District Court, 
Eastern District of Louisiana, Civil 
Action #82-1192, Division D-C 

Your Honors: 

In connection with the review of exhibits offered into 
evidence during the trial of this case, for the purpose of 
beginning to organize our post-trial brief, I had the occasion 
to consider plaintiffs' Exhibit 49A through I. Plaintiffs! 
Exhibit 49A through I consists of various Department of Justice 
documents relating to the Department's internal file regarding 
the Section 5 pre-clearance process of the Voting Rights Act of 
1965, as amended. Plaintiffs' Exhibit 49A through I was 
admitted into evidence over the objections of the defendants. 

I noticed that the internal file memorandum dated June 
18, 1982 by Mr. Reynolds in which he indicates his reasons as 
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, for pre- 
clearance under Section 5 was not offered into evidence as part  



BRONFIN, HELLER, FELDMAN, STEINBERG & BERINS 

Henry A. Politz 
Fred J assibry 
Robert F. Collins 
1983 

"hough Exhibit 49I specifically 
olds internal memorandum and states that Ms. 

£ counsel, was given a copy of 
of the fact that the internal 

of plaintiffs’ Exhibit 49, 
ike pe : 1 to enter into evidence as 

Exhibit 49K a copy of the Reynolds internal memorandum dated 
ne 18 B82 which indi res his asons for pre-clearance, 

nd “opy. of “OV Reynolds to Mr. Kellogg 
ansmitting to M Kellogg a. copy of the 

to provide copies of morandum. Mr. Ke gg was kind td 
: 

these documents 

Your Honors! review are 
to which we submit herewith 

that plaintiffs?! Exhibit 4 
of the internal pre-clearance 
which was provided to counsel 

no 
iti { : nme 
Martin L.YC. Feldman 
Attorney for Honorable David C. 

Treen, Governor of Louisiana, 

and "Jim" Brown, Secretary of 

State of Louisiana 

Honorable Da: 

Honorable Wm 

R. James Kellog

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