Correspondence from Guinier to Reynolds Re: FOIA Request

Correspondence
December 6, 1982

Cite this item

Correspondence from Guinier to Reynolds Re: FOIA Request preview

Document text

The following text has been generated automatically during the document scanning process. It may contain errors, omissions, or incorrect formatting. Please refer to the PDF document if this text is not usable.

Download

By downloading, publishing, or reusing the Materials outside of the Website, you hereby confirm and attest that you have read and agree to the LDF Archival Collection Terms of Use linked below. We draw your attention to the following:

For those Materials owned by LDF, your use of the Material outside the Site is solely for one or more of the following (the “Permitted Purposes”):

Non-commercial research and private study;
Teaching, scholarship and instruction (including distance learning);
Non-commercial print and non-commercial online use;
Criticism, comment or news reporting; or
For people with visual disabilities (See Section 121 of the Copyright Act).
For those Materials not owned by LDF you understand that:
- It is your responsibility to determine whether the way you plan to use the materials falls within the copyright exception of Fair Use.
- For any use outside of Fair Use, it is your responsibility to seek and obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders.

LDF hereby grants you the right to use LDF owned Materials for the Permitted Purposes without seeking further permission from LDF.

If you publish or redistribute any Materials (including excerpts and quotes), you must include a credit line and/or proper citation to the source of the Material. However, you may not use the name of LDF in any manner which creates any false association between you and LDF or that incorrectly implies any sponsorship or endorsement of you by LDF.

NOTICE: Uses that do not comply with these Terms or that do not fall under Fair Use (or another exception) may make you liable for copyright infringement.

Read the full LDF Archival Collection Terms of Use Here.

I agree to the terms and conditions for use of this content.

If you would like to use this content in other ways, contact us at

LDF Attorney
- Lani Guinier
Matter
- Major v. Treen
Case
- Major v. Treen
U.S. state
- Louisiana
Collection
- Case Files
Creator
Publisher
Taxonomy
Identifier
- f8353b78-c903-ef11-a1fd-002248219001

Cite this item

Case Files, Major v. Treen Hardbacks. Correspondence from Guinier to Reynolds Re: FOIA Request, 1982. f8353b78-c903-ef11-a1fd-002248219001. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/7069d86c-2c3a-4a6b-bcb4-527430a9e80f/correspondence-from-guinier-to-reynolds-re-foia-request. Accessed November 05, 2025.

Copied!

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, iNC

und 10Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 (212) 586-8397

December 6, 1982

William Bradford Reynolds

Assistant Attorney General

Civil Rights Division

U.S. Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20530

Re: Louisiana Congressional

Redistricting

Dear Mr. Reynolds:

On June 24, 1982, James Kellogg, Esg., a cooperating

attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and co-counsel

in the case, Major v. Treen, Civil Action No. 82-1192,

United States District Court, Eastern District of

Louisiana, wrote you a letter, pursuant to the Freedom of

Information Act, requesting, inter alia, a copy of ‘any

memoranda generated by the Civil Rights Division, voting

Section regarding the Louisiana Congressional Redistricting.

He received a letter from you dated July 19, 1982, enclosing

a copy of your Memorandum to the File dated June 18, 1982,

on the subject: Louisiana Congressional Redistricting Plan -

Section 5 Review (Docket # E 3028). In addition our

letter advised Mr. Kellogg that the balance of his request

had been referred to Janet Blizard for consideration.

We are still interested in receiving all the requested

FOIA material, and in particular any memoranda generated by

the Voting Rights Section analyzing the submission,

summarizing the facts of the submission and providing

information on which you relied to make your decision. IF

the delay in responding to our June 24, 1982, request is due

to a claim that any of these memoranda may be exempt in

part or in whole under 5 UsC § 552(b) (5), we wish to call

your attention to the principle that memoranda containing

recommendations or conclusions that were adopted by the

decision maker are not exempt. See e.g., Renegotiation

Contributions are deductible for U.S. income tac purposes

The NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND is not part of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People although it

was founded by itand shares its commitment to equal rights. LDF has had for over 25 years a separate Board, program, staff, office and budget.

Board v. CGrummon Aircraft, 421 U.S. 168 (1975).

We would appreciate your prompt attention to this
request since as you know the matter is in litigation with
trial scheduled for January 1983.

Sincerely, .,)

INA ALA_
a - pl /

AA INA Le

VLani Guinier
Lowell Johnston

Attorneys

NAACP Legal Defense & Educ.
und, Inc.

cc: Janet Blizard, Director FOIA Office
James Kellogg, Esq.

LG: ja

Copyright notice

This collection and the tools to navigate it (the “Collection”) are available to the public for general educational and research purposes, as well as to preserve and contextualize the history of the content and materials it contains (the “Materials”). Like other archival collections, such as those found in libraries, LDF owns the physical source Materials that have been digitized for the Collection; however, LDF does not own the underlying copyright or other rights in all items and there are limits on how you can use the Materials. By accessing and using the Material, you acknowledge your agreement to the Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Materials.

Additional info

To the extent that LDF includes information about the Materials’ origins or ownership or provides summaries or transcripts of original source Materials, LDF does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of such information, transcripts or summaries, and shall not be responsible for any inaccuracies.

Correspondence from Guinier to Reynolds Re: FOIA Request

LDF Attorney

Matter

Case

U.S. state

Collection

Creator

Publisher

Taxonomy

Identifier

Cite this item

Copyright notice

Additional info

You may also be interested in