Washington State v. Seattle School District No. 1 Motion for Leave to File Brief and Brief Amicus Curiae

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October 5, 1981

Washington State v. Seattle School District No. 1 Motion for Leave to File Brief and Brief Amicus Curiae preview

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  • Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Memorandum from Lani Guinier to Julius Chambers, 1985. 4e10e17f-e892-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/0d83cea9-1a98-4659-909d-77d52b844ed1/memorandum-from-lani-guinier-to-julius-chambers. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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LaniGuHfier

January 22, 1985

Julius,

You may be interested in
this in preparation for next
Monday's meeting.

LG/r
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4A - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1983 ' USA TODAY

' WASHINGTON

 

- Justice
memo stirs
commersy

'By John Hanchette
USA TODAY:

WASHINGTON— The head
.of them Department's
"civil rights-division admitted

Wednesday he ordered that
- blacks seeking involvement in
- asegregatio‘ame be trade to
‘ Plumpthrough everyhoon”

The, order;came “because
_ hereardedthemasadversar—
‘ieslnthis particular case. and
that'swhatyouhave advemr-
iasdo lna legal situation." Mv

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S

The instruction— —involvlng
a South Carolina school case -
was revealed the memo from

~ federal trial lawyer Gregg
Meyers to Attorney General
William French Smith. A copy
of the memo was obtained by
Gannett News Service.
‘ Reynolds said Wednesday
he was the unidentified official
referred to in the memo.

But Reynolds doesn’t re-
member. making another re-
mark attributed to him in the
memo — referring to the
blacks asl'fthose bastards.”
Pond said."“He stresses that
it is uncharacteristic of him to
speak in that fashion." ‘

The "jump through every
hoop" remark. Reynolds said.
was intended for lawyers from
the NAACP Legal Defense $6—
Fund who were trying to inter-
vene in a segregation suit in
Charleston. SC.

 


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