Plaintiffs' Preliminary List of Non-Expert Witnesses

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August 3, 1992

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Includes Correspondence from Stone to Judge Hammer.

Impact area
- Education
Topic
- School Desegregation
LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorneys
Organizations
Matter
- Sheff v. O'Neill
Case
- Sheff v. O'Neill
U.S. state
- Connecticut
Collection
- Case Files
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- 50842f15-a246-f011-877a-002248226c06

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    FFOUNDATLEON 
ThirtyTwo Grand Street, Hartford. CT 06106 

203/247-9823 Fax 203/728-0287 

August 3, 1992 

Honorable Harry Hammer 
P.O. Box 325 
Rockville, CT 06066 

RE: Sheff v. O'Neill, CV89-03609277S 
  

Dear Judge Hammer, 

Enclosed is a copy of Plaintiffs’ Preliminary List of Non- 
Expert Witnesses filed today in the above-captioned case. 

Sincerely, 

[Non lc Strvag 

Martha Stone 
Attorney for Plaintiffs 

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CC: All Counsel 

The Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Foundation 

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Cv89-0360977S 

  

MILO SHEFF, et al. 

Plaintiffs SUPERIOR COURT 

JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF 
HARTFORD/NEW BRITAIN 
AT HARTFORD 

Ne. 

WILLIAM A. O'NEILL, et al. 

Defendants AUGUST 3, 1992 | 

  

PLAINTIFFS’ PRELIMINARY LIST OF NON-EXPERT WITNESSES 
  

Pursuant to this Court’s Pretrial Order dated April 10, 1992, 

plaintiffs identify the following non-expert witnesses currently 

anticipated to testify at trial. As set cut in the Pretrial Order, 

plaintiffs will provide a final list of non-expert witnesses by | 

September 1, 1992. Some of these witnesses may also give certain 

opinions based on their expertise in the area of education. 

Elizabeth Sheff, plaintiff, 144 Mark Twain Drive, Hartford, 
CT 06112. Ms. Sheff will testify regarding the effects of 
racially and economically segregated schools in the Hartford 
region. 

  

Milo Sheff, plaintiff, 144 Mark Twain Drive, Hartford, CT 
06112. Mr. Sheff will testify regarding his experiences in 
the Hartford public schools and the effects of racial and 
economic segregation. 

  

Virginia Pertillar, plaintiff, 82 Westland Street, Hartford, 
CT 06120. Ms. Pertillar will testify regarding the 
effects of racially and economically segregated schools in 
the Hartford region. 

  

Leo Harrington, plaintiff, 24 Cone Street, Hartford, CT 06105. 
Mr. Harrington will testify regarding the effects of racially and 
economically segregated schools in the Hartford region. 

  

Martin Hamilton, plaintiff, 82 Westland Street, Hartford, CT 
  

06120. Mr. Hamilton will testify regarding his experiences in     
 



      

the Hartford public schools and the effects of racial and 
economic segregation. 

Pedro Bermudez, plaintiff, 170 A Stonington Street, Hartford, CT 
06106. Mr. Bermudez will testify regarding the effects of 
racially and economically segregated schools in the Hartford 
region. 

  

Eugene Leach or Kathy Frederick, plaintiff, 51 Beverly Road, West 
Hartford, CT 06117. Mr. Leach or Ms. Frederick will testify 
regarding the effects of racially and economically segregated 
schools in the Hartford region. 

  

Gladys Hernandez, 417 Zion Street, Hartford, CT 06106. Ms, 
Hernandez will testify regarding her experiences as a teacher for 
the past 23 years in the Hartford school system and the impact of 
the economic and racial isolation on her students. 

  

Thomas O'Connor, 843 Wells Road, Wethersfield, CT 06109. Mr. 
O'Connor will testify regarding his experiences as a teacher in 
the Wethersfield school system and the effects of racial 
isolation on his students at a suburban high school. 

  

Brad Noel, 141 Ridgefield Street, Hartford, CT 06112. 
Mrs. Noel will testify regarding her experiences as a 
guidance counselor in the Hartford school system and the 
impact of the economic and racial isolation on the students 
at Weaver High School. 

  

Diane Cloud, 24 Woodside Circle, Hartford, CT 06105, ‘Ms. 
Cloud will testify regarding her experiences as a teacher in 
the Hartford elementary school system and the impact of the 
economic and racial isolation on her students. 

  

Winzola Perry, 205 Ridgefield Street, Hartford, CT 08112. 
  

Ms. Perry will testify regarding her experiences as a social 
worker in the Hartford school system and the impact of the 
economic and racial isolation on her students. 

      

  
 



      

Wesley W. Horton 
Moller, Horton, & Rice 
90 Gillett Street 
Hartford, CT 06105 

Ronald L. Ellis 
Marianne Engelman Lado 
Julius L. Chambers 
NAACP Legal Defense & 

Educational Fund, Inc. 
99 Hudson Street 

New York, NY 10013 

Helen Hershkoff 
John A. Powell 
Adam S. Cohen 
American Civil Liberties 

Union Foundation 
132 West 43rd Street 
New York, NY 10036 

BY: 

Respectfully Submitted, 

Mona Shr 
Martha Stone 

Philip D. Tegeler 
Connecticut Civil Liberties 

Union Foundation 
32 Grand Street 
Hartford, OT 06106 

  

Wilfred Rodriguez 
Hispanic Advocacy Project 
Neighborhood Legal Services 
1229 Albany Avenue 
Hartford, CT 06112 

John Brittain 
University of Connecticut 

School of Law 
65 Elizabeth Street 
Hartford, CT 06105 

Ruben Franco 
Jenny Rivera 
Puerto Rican Legal Defense 

and Education Fund 
99 Hudson Street 
New York, NY 10013 

  

  

  
 



      

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
  

This is to certify that one copy of the foregoing has been faxed 

mailed postage prepaid to John R. Whelan and Martha M. Watts, 

Assistant Attorneys General, MacKenzie Hall, 110 Sherman Street, 

Hartford, CT 06105 this 3rd day of August, 1992. 

Mania Shred 
  

Martha Stone 

  

 



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Connecticut Civil Liberties Union 

ThirtyTwo Grand Street, Hartford, CT 06106 

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29 Hudson Streer 

New York, NY 10013 

An affiliate of The American 

Civil Liberties Union

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Plaintiffs' Preliminary List of Non-Expert Witnesses

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