Correspondence from Leventhal to Nabrit and Chachkin Re: Jurisdictional Statement corrections

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July 18, 1972

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  • Case Files, Norwood v. Harrison - Hardbacks. Correspondence from Leventhal to Nabrit and Chachkin Re: Jurisdictional Statement corrections, 1972. c2cf576b-732e-f111-88b4-7c1e527f53b4. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/ced31b41-a904-4e98-a31b-6bbb35ac9685/correspondence-from-leventhal-to-nabrit-and-chachkin-re-jurisdictional-statement-corrections. Accessed July 18, 2026.

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     [||d2a8f442-870e-46a6-9d0f-096fb9dcfe11||] ANDERSON, BANKS, NICHOLS & LEVENTHAL 

Attorneys at Law 

538Y2 NORTH FARISH STREET 

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39202 

REUBEN V. ANDERSON POST OFFICE DRAWER 290 

FRED L. BANKS, JR. AREA CODE 601 948-7301 

JOHN A. NICHOLS 

MELVYN R. LEVENTHAL 

NAUSEAD STEWART July 18, 1972 

James M. Nabrit III, Esquire 
Norman Chachkin, Esquire 
Suite 2030 
10 Columbus Circle 
New York, New York 10019 

Re: Norwood v. Harrison 
Supreme Court No. /2-77 
  

Dear Jim and/or Norman: 

Would you kindly arrange to have someone in Washington 
enter the following corrections in our Jurisdictional 
Statement: 

1. Page 8, the end of 4th line: "Lake County" 
should read "Leake County." 

2. ‘Page 17, third line from the bottom: “the 
paramount duty: should read "this paramount duty." 

3. Page 19, first line of the last paragraph: 
"The affirmative duty of" should read "The affirmative 
duty principle of." 
  

4. Page 20, first line of paragraph beginning at 
very middle of page: "Under this text the Court" should 
read "Under this test the Court." 

5. Page 20, first line of third indented para- 
graph: "Indisputably, the State supplies the money; 
income from," should read "Indisputably the State 
supplies the money; it comes from." 

6. Page 22, fourth line of first indented quote: 
"free textbooks throughout a period of more than 70 

years," should read "throughout a period of more than 

30 years.”  



  

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James M. Nabrit III, Esquire 

Norman Chachkin, Esquire 
July 18, 1972 
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Corrections numbered 1, 3, and 6 are important; 

I've thrown in the others because they might as well 

be changed if the others are corrected. 

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