Letter to Chachkin from McDonald RE Request for consent to file amicus brief

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October 28, 1998

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  • Case Files, Cromartie Hardbacks. Letter to Chachkin from McDonald RE Request for consent to file amicus brief, 1998. d35707fe-e50e-f011-9989-002248226c06. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/cc622856-060a-49c3-a75d-d4b53ec85394/letter-to-chachkin-from-mcdonald-re-request-for-consent-to-file-amicus-brief. Accessed June 17, 2025.

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October 28, 1998 

Norman Chachkin 
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. 
Suite 1600 
99 Hudson Street 
New York, ' My 15013 

Re: Hunt v. Cromartie 

No. 98-85 

Dear Mr. Chachkin: 

This is to request the consent of appellants Alfred Smallwood, 
et al., to the filing of an amicus brief by the American Civil 
Liberties Union in support of the appellants. Please indicate at 
the space provided on the enclosed copy of this letter whether 
consent is given, and return the copy to me in the enclosed self- 
addressed envelope. 

Best wishes. 

Sincerely, 

Laub, Leonid 
Laughlin McDonald 

As counsel for appellants Alfred Smallwood, et al., I 
consent to the filing of an amicus brief by the American Civil 
Liberties Union in support of the appellants. 

Nad fer 
Todd A. Cox 74 
Counsel of Record 

Appellant Defendant-Intervenors 

  

  

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Re: Hunt v. Cromartie, SuprNo. 98-85 

Dear Mr. Still: 

I hereby consent, on behalf of Appellant Defendant-Intervenors Alfred Smallwood, ef al., 

to your filing an amicus curiae brief for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in 

the above-captioned case. 

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Writer's direct line: 212 998 6746 

November 2, 1998 

VIA FAX and EXPRESS MAIL 
  

Todd A. Cox 

Assistant Counsel 

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. 

1444 1 Street, N.W., 10th Floor 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Re: Hunt v. Cromartie, No. 98-85. 
  

Dear Mr. Cox: 

[ am writing on behalf of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School 

of Law to request the consent of appellants-intervenors Alfred Smallwood, et al. to our filing a 

brief amicus curiae in the above-captioned case. We will be filing our brief in support of 

appellants. To indicate your consent, please sign where indicated below and return this letter to 

me in the enclosed self-addressed envelope. 

  

Bey yours, 

“ Richard WT) en 

Staff Attorney 

Enclosure 

[ hereby consent to the filing of a brief amicus curiae 

by the Brennan Center for Justice. 

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Todd A. Cox / Date 

Counsel of Record for lL 

  

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