Memorandum from Lani Guinier to Derfner, Parker, Isacharoff, Menefee, Hair, Patrick, Reed, Fins, McDonald, and Blacksher

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April 4, 1986

Memorandum from Lani Guinier to Derfner, Parker, Isacharoff, Menefee, Hair, Patrick, Reed, Fins, McDonald, and Blacksher preview

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  • Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Memorandum from Lani Guinier to Derfner, Parker, Isacharoff, Menefee, Hair, Patrick, Reed, Fins, McDonald, and Blacksher, 1986. b78352ee-e992-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/9ae84556-89c7-4a0d-b4b7-c471a031dee8/memorandum-from-lani-guinier-to-derfner-parker-isacharoff-menefee-hair-patrick-reed-fins-mcdonald-and-blacksher. Accessed October 08, 2025.

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Lani Guinier

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il6*€h 4, 1985

To: Armand Derfner Laughlin McDona1d
Frank Parker James Blacksher
Sam Isacharoff
Larry lvlenefee
Penda Hair
Deval Patrick
Judith Reed
Deborah Fins

There is at.least one judge who stilI
believes Congress meant what we said
in the Senate Report. Not only did
he grant partial summary judgment for
plaintiffs, but with the help of the
Justice Department, he rejected the
"bantu stand" approachr &s well as
def endants I ef f ort to stalI electi-ons
until January when it will be "co1d
or rainy." Congratulations to Leslie
Winner and Judge Phillips, and hail
to Judge Dupree.

LGl r
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cc: Leslie Winner, Esg.

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