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Matter
- Chishom v. Edwards (Chisom v. Roemer) (Perschall v. State of Louisiana)
Case
- Chisom v. Roemer
U.S. state
- Louisiana
- Georgia
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
Identifier
- 03b84d2b-f211-ef11-9f89-6045bda844fd

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Case Files, Chisom Hardbacks. Index to Hardback 8, 1989. 03b84d2b-f211-ef11-9f89-6045bda844fd. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/d6d05e7a-069f-45d7-8a25-5fea2cd3d5b2/index-to-hardback-8. Accessed December 04, 2025.

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    Chisom, et al. v. Roemer, et al.  

Page 1 

9/25/89 Notice of Appeal w/ certificate of service 1 

9/89 Memo by J. Reed to Appellate Review Committee 
outlining status of case and requestg a 
decision re an appeal 2 

9/26/89 Letter by W.P. Quigley to all counsel enclosg. 
a copy of the Notice of Appeal 3 

9/28/89 Directive for appeal to all Counsel from 
H.E. Adams, Jr., Deputy Clerk 4 

9/29/89 Letter by Barry H. Weinberg on behalf of 
J.P. Turner, Actg. Asst. Atty. Gen. 
to Cynthia Young Rougeou, Asst. Atty Gen. 
Re Section 5 of Voting Rights Act of 1965 5 

10/5/89 Letter by Mark L. Gross on behalf of 
J.P. Turner enclosg. appearance form 6 

10/10/89 Letter by J. Reed to Hon. Gilbert Ganucheau 
enclosg. appearance form and application 
for admission of S. Ifill 7 

It 

10/11/89 

10/11/89 

10/19/89 

10/24/89 

11/89 

Letter from Barry Weinberg yo W. Guste re 
Section 5 of Voting Rights Act 7A 

Letter by Roy Rodney to R. Berman & R. Pugh 
enclosg. copy of the form for appearance 
of counsel 8 

Letter by W.P. Quigley to J. Reed re conversa-
tion w/ Judge Ortique 9 

Notice from H.E. Adams to W.P. Quigley enclosg. 
briefing schedule 10 

Memo from J. Reed to S. Ifill enclosg. notice 
and instructions for briefing 11 

Letter from R.B. McDuff to R. Pugh requestg. 
a letter confirmg. agreemt for the 
Lawyers' Comm. to file a brief amicus 
curiae 12 



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11/9/89 

11/13/89 

It 

It 

11/28/89 

11/89 

11/30/89 

Letter from R.B. McDuff to J. Reed requestg. 
a letter confirmg. our agreemt for the 
Lawyers Comm. •to file asbrief amicus 
curiae 13 

Notice of Appeal. by United States 14 

Letter by S. Ifill to Ms. Joan Perkins 
confirmg. extension of time to 12/7/89 
for plfts-appellns to file brief 

Notice by D.J. Franklin, Dep. Clerk advisg. 
that appeal has been docketed & enclosg. 
appearance form 

Corrected copy of notice by D.J. Franklin 
advisg. that appeal has been docketed 
& enclosg. appearance form 

15 

16 

17 

Letter by J. Reed to Wm. P. Quigley outlining 
rule of legislature, etc. 18 

Letter by J. Reed to R.B. McDuff confirmg. 
pltfs-appellns consent to the filing of 
an amicus brief by the Lawyers Comm. 19 

Letter by I. Gorenstein on behalf of J.P. 
Turner to G.B. Ganucheau enclosg. 
motion to establish a briefing schedule 20 

Record Summary 21 

Notice by H.E. Adams, Jr. to all Counsel of 
Record re motion of U.S.A. to establish 
a briefing schedule, etc. 22 

12/5/89 Client-Attorney memorandum re current status 
of case 23 

12/6/89 Letter by S. If ill to J. Perkins confirmg 
revision of briefing schedule and advisg. 
that pltffs-appellns will file their brief 
no later than 12/18/89 24 

12/13/89 Letter from J. Reed to Marc H. Morial reportg. 
on current status of case 25 



Chisom, et al. v. Roemer, et al.  
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12/18/89 

It 

12/18/89 

12/20/89 

Motion for leave to intervene as amicus 
curiae by Supreme Court Justice for 
Orleans, Inc., w/ cover letter 

Brief for Pltfs-Appellns and Record Excerpts 
w/ cert. of serv. and cover letter 27 
BRIEF and RECORD EXCERPTS filed in W/F #1  

26 

Brief for the United States as Appellant 
FILED IN W/F #1 28 

Notice by Marilyn Taylor, Dep. Clerk to all 
counsel re Motion of Supreme Court 
Justice for Orleans, Inc. for leave to 
file an amicus brief, etc. 

12/21/89 Letter by J. Reed to Hon. G.F. Ganucheau 
enclosg. completed court record loan 
form 

12/27/89 Original brief submitted on behalf of 
Amicus Curiae Sup. Ct. Justice for 
Orleans, Inc. 

12/29/89 Mot. for Leave to intervene as amicus curiae 
by Sup. Ct. Justice for Orleans, Inc. 
granted 

1/2/90 Brief for Lawyers' Comm. as Amicus Curiae 
in support of plaintiffs-appellants 
w/ consent letters 

1/8/90 Letter from R. Pugh to Joan Perkins re 
extension of time 

3/1/90 Brief on behalf of Defendants-Appellees 

3/19/90 Reply brief for plaintiffs-appellants 
w/ coy, letter 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

3/23/90 Reply brief for the United States w/ cover 
letter 37 



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3/27/90 

4/18/90 

7/19/90 

Motion to expedite oral argument w/ coy, let. 38 

Notice to Counsel enclosg. Court's printed 
calendar 39 

Letter from J. Reed to G. Ganucheau re 
timing of upcoming elecns. 40

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