Memo from Guinier to McDonald; Correspondence from Quigley to Menefee; from Guinier to Ralston; from Guinier to Quigley; from Henderson to Guinier (Redacted)

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March 2, 1984 - April 17, 1985

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LDF Attorney
- Lani Guinier
Matter
- Major v. Treen
Case
- Major v. Treen
U.S. state
- Louisiana
Collection
- Case Files
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- 4497379a-726c-ef11-a670-000d3a57130d

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Case Files, Major v. Treen Hardbacks. Memo from Guinier to McDonald; Correspondence from Quigley to Menefee; from Guinier to Ralston; from Guinier to Quigley; from Henderson to Guinier (Redacted), 1984. 4497379a-726c-ef11-a670-000d3a57130d. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/be7cd24a-c95d-4688-b305-7be504058aef/memo-from-guinier-to-mcdonald-correspondence-from-quigley-to-menefee-from-guinier-to-ralston-from-guinier-to-quigley-from-henderson-to-guinier-redacted. Accessed November 05, 2025.

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    Where fom psd? 
Lani Guinier 

April 17, 1985 

Laughlin McDonald 
Jose Garza 

Jim Blacksher 

Please call me after you 
have had an opportunity 
to review. Start by read- 
ing footnote 6 to learn how 
important Ronald Reagan was 
in amending Ssotign, 2. 

Olan 
LG/xr 

Attach 

(Re: Gingles = .U.S. Amicus brief) 

 



Worers fom 
Lani Guinier 

April 17, 1985 

Laughlin McDonald 
Jose Garza 

Jim Blacksher 

Please call me after you 
have had an opportunity 
to review. Start by read- 
ing footnote 6 to learn how 
important Ronald Reagan was 
in amending Ssction 2- 

Olam 
LG/xr 

Attach 

(Re: Gingles = U.S, Amicus brief) 

 



LAW OFFICES OF 

QUIGLEY & SCHECKMAN 
631 ST. CHARLES AVENUE 

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70130 

TELEPHONE: 504-524-0016 

IN SOCIATION 

R. JAMES KELL 

MARK S. GOLDSTEIN 

RONALD J. PURSELL 

WILLIAM P. QUIGLEY 

STEVEN SCHECKMAN 

March 

Larry T. Menefee 
Attorney at Law 

405 Van Antwerp Bldg. 
P.O. Box 1051 
Mobile, AL 36633 

Re: Major v Treen 

Dear Larry: 

Enclosed please find two copies of the documents which have 
been requested which are in my possession. Specifically find, a) 2 
copies of my handwritten contemporaneous time sheets in this case; 
b) 2 copies of all the attorney fee applications I have made within 
the last two years. 

I hope this will address the considerations outlined in your 
letter of February 28, 1985. 

If you need anything else, pleas dvise. 

Sincgrely, 

Jilliam P. Quigley 

wpg/ sme 
Enclosure 

cc-Steven Scheckman 

R. James Kellogg 
Stanley Halpin 
Lani Guinier 

Armond Der fner 

HY. Stoves materiel 1s ablyo enclpel. 
See bin mempand. attchments  



/ 

Memo from 

Lani Guinier 

August 15, 1984 

To: Steve Ralston 

Please review and let me 

know ASAP if we should 

change any of it. 

Thanks. 

Major v. Treen 
  

Plaintiffs' Motion 
for an Award of 
Attorneys' Fees 
ane Expenses 

 



x. mn. rE. 

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 

99 Hudson Street ® New York, N.Y. 10013 e (212) 219-1900 

December 20, 1984 

William Quigley, Esq. 
631 St. Charles Avenue 
New Orleans, Louisiana 

Dear Bill: 

I will call the first week in January 
to discuss the deposition. 

Thanks again for the warm wishes. I 
think you are very special too. I 
look forward to working together 
in the new year. 

Lani Guinier 

LG/x 
Enclosure 

Contributions are deductible for U. S. income tax purposes 

“Ed  



Wen. o from 

Lani Guinier 

September 5, 1984 

Bill Quigley 

Per our conversation re: 
Major, it appears Jim may 
already have Gorden's 
statement in his files and 
can send it ASAP to Larry. 

1.G/r 
Attach 

 



March 2, 1984 

Ms Lani Guinier 

NAACP Legal Defense Fund 
10 Columbus Circle 

New York New York 10019 

Dear Lani, 

I got a letter the day before yesterday from Jim Kellogg 

asking me to submit a statement for the services I 

performed in connection with Major v. Treen. I complied 

instantly (actually even faster than that), as I am sure 

you can appreciate without my telling you. 

It was that reminder of Major v. Treen that prompted me 

to write this letter. The point is to ask you to please 

keep me in mind if you have any case in which you can 

make use of my talents. I have developed a set of 

computer programs that run on my IBM Personal Computer 

that perform what I consider a professional acceptable 

regression analysis of racial bloc voting. Enclosed is 

a copy of a study I did for Frank Parker for the 

Mississippi 2nd Congressional District redistricting 

suit (Brooks v.Winter). It is not the most impressive 

example of what I can do (it leaves out a number of 

steps/analyses that did not produce strong results for 

this particular case) but it will give you the general 

idea. 

I met one of your colleagues in Indianapolis last 

October 12 (I'm embarrassed I can't remember his name) 

in a trial in Indianapolis. He was representing some 

Black plaintiffs; I was working with the lawyers for 

other plaintiffs. The suit was a challenge to the 

redistricting of the Indiana Legislature. Your colleague 

asked me a few questions and I hope my answers were 
helpful. The expert for the other side was Bernard 

Grofman, someone I have little personal liking for since 

he strikes me as quick to profess his liberal leanings 

but even quicker to jump where and when the buck beckons. 

I would love it if our side won. 

Sadr 
Gordon G. Henderson

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Memo from Guinier to McDonald; Correspondence from Quigley to Menefee; from Guinier to Ralston; from Guinier to Quigley; from Henderson to Guinier (Redacted)

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