Correspondence from Caldwell to Co-counsel

Correspondence
March 12, 1971

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  • Case Files, Milliken Hardbacks. Correspondence from Caldwell to Co-counsel, 1971. 0379ca42-52e9-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/619cd8d2-9ddd-49a5-a160-a95d74bab56e/correspondence-from-caldwell-to-co-counsel. Accessed October 08, 2025.

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M AR V IN  L. R A T N E R  
R. B. S U G A R M O N ,  JR.  

LOUIS  R. L U C A S  
WALTER  L. BAILEY,  JR.  

IRVI N M. S A L K Y  
M I C H A E L  B. KAY 
W IL L IA M  E. C A L D W E L L

RATNER, S U G A R M O N  5c LU C A S
A T T O R N E Y S  A T  L A W

S U I T E  5 2 5

C O M M E R C E  T I T L E  B U I L D I N G

M E M P H IS ,  T E N N E S S E E  3 8 1 0 3

March 12, 1971

Mr. Norman J. Chachkin
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. 
10 Columbus Circle, Suite 2030 
New York, New York 10019
Mr. E. Winther McCroom 
3245 Woodburn Avenue 
Cincinnati, Ohio 45207
Mr. Paul Dimond
Harvard Center on Law & Education
38 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Mr. Louis R. Lucas
525 Commerce Title Building
Memphis, Tennessee 38103

Re: Detroit School Case
Dear Co-counsel:
Enclosed please find an inventory of the materials we have in 
the Detroit school case. I have attempted to arrange the 
materials under rather general subject matter headings; 
obviously there are overlaps. Unless otherwise indicated by 
one of our initials in parentheses, the materials listed are 
in Detroit.
There are a number of materials to be provided us pursuant to 
depositions and I am presently scanning the depositions and 
making a list of the materials which Von Ende has agreed to 
furnish. As soon as the list is complete, I will request that 
the information be furnished and will send you copies of that 
request.
Please look over the enclosed list rather carefully and if any 
of you have any materials which are not on the list, please 
advise me so we may add them to the list. Also enclosed is 
a list of trial exhibits from previous hearings, most of which 
are in the Court's file.



March 12, 1971 
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Lou and I will be in Detroit Monday night through Thursday 
night and hope that each of you can be there all or part of 
that time also, as much remains to be done.

Very truly yours
RATMER, SUGARMON & LUCAS

William E. Caldwell
WEC:bc 
encs
P.S. I am also enclosing copies of some proposed exhibits 

which contain information for your general use.

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