Memorandum from Grace Richardson to Jewell Johnson Re: Voting Rights Case Numbers

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December 13, 1983

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- Legal Department General
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- Lani Guinier and others
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- 0509cc91-e492-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873

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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Memorandum from Lani Guinier to Steve Ralston Re: Siegfried Knopf, 1983. 482ae36c-e492-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/7efae0f6-d40f-4594-a18a-864e15bbb8a0/memorandum-from-lani-guinier-to-steve-ralston-re-siegfried-knopf. Accessed June 01, 2025.

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sp ent worktng oL Bozernan/Wllder Case

SubJect'of Research

RevLew of record

Revlew of prior research done on
case, EBDeraL revlew for purposes
of introduct,lon to habeas corpus

Research lnto possible vloLat,ions
of Confrontat,ion Clause or ot,her
4re process violations due to use
of out-of-court statements

Research lnto jury pool and jury
selectlon issues

Research into whether AIa. Code
S17-23-L is unconstitutionally vague

Preparlng catalog of alL.bbjections
made by defense counsel during both
trials

GeneraL research preparatlon of out-
line of all known possible grounds
for relief under habeas corpus

Research Lnto posslbLe due process
violations ln the j ury ins t,ructiong

Research lnt,o possible due process
vloLations due to a strlct, liabiJ-lty

Research into whether the ludictnent
!ras unconstitutlonally vague

PosstbLe Wainwrlght problems and
their soLution

Preparation of Jackson cLalm for
for Bozeman

Preparation of Habeas petitlon for
Bozeman

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TotaL number of days z 77
Estimated hours per day: 6.5
TotaI estlnated hours: 500.5



February 28, 1983

.MEMORANDUM

perfonmed .by Slegfr"led Knopf

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Attached 1s h1s record of tlme

sum of $5OO.OO
above case.
spent on thls

work.

Ihank you.

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