Correspondence from Menefee to Quigley, Halpin, Guinier, and Derfner; from Menefee to Bowers

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March 21, 1985

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LDF Attorney
- Lani Guinier
Matter
- Major v. Treen
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- Major v. Treen
U.S. state
- Louisiana
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- Case Files
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Case Files, Major v. Treen Hardbacks. Correspondence from Menefee to Quigley, Halpin, Guinier, and Derfner; from Menefee to Bowers, 1985. 5b0d359d-c803-ef11-a1fd-6045bddc4804. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/d95a7b97-f7a5-41f4-bb72-f4f0865f84cb/correspondence-from-menefee-to-quigley-halpin-guinier-and-derfner-from-menefee-to-bowers. Accessed November 05, 2025.

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    BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P.A. 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

405 VAN ANTWERP BUILDING 

P. O. BOX 1051 

MOBILE, ALABAMA 36633 

JAMES U. BLACKSHER TELEPHONE 

LARRY T. MENEFEE March 21 ’ 1985 (205) 433-2000 

GREGORY B. STEIN 

WANDA J. COCHRAN 

William P. Quigley, Esq. Lani Guinier, Esq. 
Steven Scheckman, Esq. Legal Defense Fund 
R. James Kellogg, Esq. 99 Hudson Street 
Quigley & Scheckman 16th Floor 
631 St. Charles Avenue New York, New York 10013 
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 

Stanley Halpin, Esq. Armand Derfner, Esq. 
2206 WH. 'St. Mary 5520 33rd Street, N.V. 
Lafayette, Louisiana 70506 Washington, D.C. 20015 

Re: Major v, Treen 
  

Dear Friends: 

I suggest that we file an amended motion for fees and expenses 
between the 10th and 15th of April. The amended motion would 
update our request to the present time with the fees and 
expenses we have incurred since last August. It would also 
allow us to make a few clerical corrections which have become 
apparent since we filed the first motion. Third, it is my 
intention to recast our claim as a total hourly fee, rather 
than as a non-contingent hourly fee times a multiplier, as 
Armand has eloquently urged. 

Stan Halpin, please proceed ahead to take the deposition of 
Judge Feldman, as we discussed, and at whatever schedule you 
desire. I am seeking from the Justice Department the amount 
of time they spent in Sumter County, South Carolina v. U.S.; 
Smith v, Busbe; and, State of South Carolina v. U.S. 
  

  
  

Patricia Bowers has indicated she wants to take Robert Weil's 
deposition towards the middle of April, and I intend to depose 
Jerris Leonard on the same trip. What a trip! 

Sincerely, 

BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P.A. 

rry T./Menefee 

LTM: pfm 
Enel.  



BLACKSHER, MENEFEF 8 STEIN, P.A. 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

405 VAN ANTWERP BUILDING 

P. O. BOX 1051 

MOBILE, ALABAMA 36633 

JAMES U. BLACKSHER TELEPHONE 

LARRY T. MENEFEE March 21, 1985 (205) 433-2000 
GREGORY B. STEIN 
WANDA J. COCHRAN 

Patricia N. Bowers, Esq. 
Assistant Attorney General 
State of Louisiana 
Department of Justice 
7th Floor 
234 Loyola Bldg. 
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2096 

Re: Major v, Treen 
  

Dear Patricia: 

Enclosed please find a copy of Federal Express bills claimed 
by the New Orleans' attorneys which I failed to include in 
the documents I sent to you on the 20th. 

Also please find enclosed a bill from Dr. Gordon Henderson. 
Dr. Henderson was an expert who testified in the case. The 
review of our records uncovered Dr. Henderson's bill, and it 
is not yet part of our claim for attorneys' fees and expenses. 
It will be included in our amended motion for an award of 
attorneys' fees and expenses which we will file in the near 
future. 

Sincerely, 

BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P.A. 

Menefee

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