Letter from Pickering to Bailey Jr. RE: Materials related to Mattis decision

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November 1, 1974

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  • Case Files, Garner Working Files. Letter from Pickering to Bailey Jr. RE: Materials related to Mattis decision, 1974. 8d04f369-33a8-f011-bbd3-000d3a53d084. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/df8aaa0c-b63f-4acb-846e-3a7d2fa8457f/letter-from-pickering-to-bailey-jr-re-materials-related-to-mattis-decision. Accessed June 10, 2026.

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    A C L U West Tennessee American Civil Liberties Union

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November 1, 1974

Mr. Walter Lee Bailey, Jr.
Suite 901, Tenoke Building 
161 Jefferson Avenue 
Memphis, Tennessee 38103

Dear Walter:

We are pleased to provide you the materials related to the Mattis 
decision in St. Louis. We certainly hope they will be helpful to 
you in the Garner case.

Sincerely,

Del ton Pickering 
President
ACLU in West Tennessee

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