Correspondence from Lee to Van Wye

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- Economic Justice
Topic
- Environmental Justice
LDF Attorneys
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- Matthews & People United for a Better Oakland v. Coye/Kizer
Case
- Matthews & People United for a Better Oakland v. Coye/Kizer
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- California
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- Case Files
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- 0e9a8da4-5c40-f011-b4cb-002248226c06

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Case Files, Matthews v. Kizer Hardbacks. Correspondence from Lee to Van Wye, 1991. 0e9a8da4-5c40-f011-b4cb-002248226c06. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/616a3608-4ee0-4561-a310-4a439341cd6f/correspondence-from-lee-to-van-wye. Accessed October 09, 2025.

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October 10, 1991

Harlan E. Van Wye
Deputy Attorney General
2101 Webster Street, 12th Floor
Oakland, California 94612-3049

Re: Matthews v. Coye
N.D. Cal. No C 90-3620 EFL

Dear Harlan,

Thank you for your letter of October 9, 1991. Enclosed are
the changes we find necessary in the draft you faxed to me last
week in light of the now-issued CDC's October 1991 statement
entitled Preventing lead Poisoning in Young Children. These
reasonable changes are designed fairly to meet our concerns while
accommodating the fiscal restraints you informed me of yesterday.
Please call me ASAP to wrap up our settlement discussions.

I am somewhat surprised by your letter's suggestion of delay
in responding. As you know, I informed you last week that I was
doubtful that I could reach all my co-counsel before this week and
that I would be out of town Monday, October 7th. I also have
called you at least five times since last Thursday until I reached
you yesterday evening. Last, we naturally needed to review the CDC
statement which was only issued on Monday before responding to you.
Contrary to your suggestion, we have responded expeditiously
although you reopened several issues at the last minute that we had
previously resolved earlier.

Attorney for Plaintiffs

BLL: sm
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