Correspondence from Guinier to Hurwitz; Major v. Treen Plaintiffs' Answers to the Defendants' Interrogatories and Request for Production

Correspondence
December 28, 1984

Correspondence from Guinier to Hurwitz; Major v. Treen Plaintiffs' Answers to the Defendants' Interrogatories and Request for Production preview

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  • Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Correspondence from Guinier to Hurwitz; Major v. Treen Plaintiffs' Answers to the Defendants' Interrogatories and Request for Production, 1984. b2553110-e292-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/dbf3aeec-707e-46be-b2cc-12097045309d/correspondence-from-guinier-to-hurwitz-major-v-treen-plaintiffs-answers-to-the-defendants-interrogatories-and-request-for-production. Accessed April 06, 2025.

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December 28, 1984

Us. Jackie Hunpitz
Stewart, Poe & Og1esby, Inc.
2116 Bancroft Place, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20008

RE: Ilajor v. Treen

Dear Ms. Hur:rritz:

I enclose your office copy of my deposition
with an executed certificate and errata
sheet. f trust you will send a copy of the
filed deposition to !1r. Menefee.

LG/ r
Enclosures

cc: Larry llenefee, Esq.

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IN THE UNITED STATES OISTRICT COURT FOR THE

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

BARBARA MAJ 0R, et .t I . , )

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) Civil Action N0.82-LLg2
Section C

Plaintiffs,

vs.

DAVID C. TREEN, eTc. , et aI .

Defendants.

PLAI NT IFFS' ANSI{ERS TO THE DEFENDANTS'

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Pl ai nti ff s hereby answer the defendants' i nterrogatori es and

requests for production as fol lows:

1. To Mr.Kellogg, Mr.Quigley, Mr.Scheckman, Mr.Halpin, Ms.
Guinier and Mr. Derfner: do you consi der Mr.Frank Parker to have
the same, less, or more expertise as you do in voting rights
litigation, in civil rights litigation? I.Ihy?

A. Mr.Kellogg, Mr.Quigley and Mr.Scheckman consider Mr.

Parker to have more experience than they do in voting rignts
litigation, but have no opinion as to Mr.Parker's experience in

civi'l rights litigation. Mr.Halpin, Ms.Guinier and Mr.Derfner

have no opinion as to whether Mr.Parker has the same, less or

more expertise in voting rights litigation or civil rights

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litigation. They are of the opinion that among such experienced

attorneys there is no meaningful way t,o reach an informed opinion

a s to the questi on asked.

2. and 3. (Pursuant t,o Court order of May 20, 1985, the ten

most signif icant cases in the last eight years which 14r.Kellog9,

Mr.Quigley, Mr.Scheckman and 14s.Gu'i nier have participated in

along with the description of their participation, ident,ification

of the case, court and type of proceeding are shown on Exhibit's

1-4, attached hereto.

4. Tnis is moot, pursuant to Court order.

5. and 6. Denied, pursuant to Court order.

7. Ms.tlcCaugnan was paid a salary of $_ per _. As an

addjtion to the salary, Ms.McCaughan, a law student, received

training and instruction f rom L0F staff attorneys and other

employment benefits. As a salaried, para-professional employee,

Ms.McCaughan did not, keep a record of the total number of hours

worked.

Respectfu I ly submi tted thi s day of , 1985.

BLACKSHER, MENEFEE & STEIN, P.A.
4U5 Van Antwerp Bldg.
P. 0. Box 105 I
Mob i I e, Al abama 366 33
( 205 ) 433- 2000

BY: rmtrrffi

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lllILLIAM P. QUIGLEY
STEVEN SCHECKMAN
R. JAMES KELLOGG
QUIGLEY & SCHECKMAN
6 31 St. Charl es Avenue
New 0rleans, Louisiana 7013U
( 5u+ | 524-oo 16

STANLEY HALPIN
2206 tl. St.Mary
Lafayette, Loui siana 7U506
( 318 ) 367 -??ot

LANI GUINIER
L EGAL DEFENSE FUND
99 Hudson Street,
16th Floor
New York, New York 10013
(212l. 219 - 1900

ARMAND DERFNER
552U 33rd Street, N.tl.
Washington, D.C.2U015
12021 244-315 I

Attorneys for Plaint,iff s

CERTIF ICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certi fy that on thi s _day of May, 1985,

a copy of the foregoi n9 PLAINTIFFS' ANSI{ERS T0 THE DEFENDANTS'

INTERR0GAT0RIES AND REQUEST F0R PR0DUCTI0N was served upon the

f o'l l owi ng counsel of record:

Patricia N. Bowers, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General
S tate of Lou i si ana
Department of Justice
234 Loyola B1dg., 7th Floor
New 0rleans, Loui siana 7U112-2o96

and was p roperly addre ssed and deposi ted i n the Uni ted States

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Mai l, postage prepaid.

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