Triangle Improvement Council v. Ritchie Brief Amicus Curiae

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October 5, 1970

Triangle Improvement Council v. Ritchie Brief Amicus Curiae preview

Brief submitted by National Housing and Economic Development Law Project. Date is approximate.

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  • Press Releases, Volume 3. LDF on Behalf of Watts Rioters (Telegram), 1965. c5a80c53-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5e51ac99-8489-4653-b416-ff930d6f308c/ldf-on-behalf-of-watts-rioters-telegram. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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Send the following menase, subse ry d ; i ey 

(See sttashes List) te : tober 8, 1965 

“LES. De d attorneys will 
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atts area of 

s Municipal, | 
nsibility lp ton 

¢ Fund is a separate - 
ll hold a press confere ‘i a.m. tomo: fo 1d 

(Oct. 8 e press room of the Ambassa 1, Los Ang 195, Ga F 
‘He can be reached this evening at th of Atty. | arenas % 

Johnson, 4200 Don Mariano Dr., Los Angeles area code a 

: esse DeVore, Jr., Director 
lic Information 

d LEGAL DEFENSE FUND 
10 Columbus Circle, NYC 

[INTERNATIONAL SERVICE \ 
shes ofservicedesited; 

DOMEstic SERVICE \ 

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‘Check the class of sefviee desired) 
otherwise this testage will be 

“sent as a fase telegram 

TELEGRAMS 1906 (4-35) 
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F a \ gaORESHiP NIGHT LETTER ? 

TIME FILED NO, WOS-CUMBE supe] PB OR eoLC ata) a) tae nT = 

eT, ee NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & ED FUND, 
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Sendthe following messase, subject 1 the 7 eherebyaxreed io =z “ 

(See Attached List) October 8, 1965 

ANGELES-- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund attorneys will 
2 suit in California Supreme Court today on behalf of more than 

ons arrest<d during riots in the Watts area of Los Angeles. 

he suit alleges that 21 judges of the Los Angeles Municipal, 
and Superior Courts failed in their responsibility to appoint 
counsel to represent the defendants i the preliminary 

of the criminal proceedings. 

a: We anxious to know the reaction in your community to the 
Legal Datense Fund from a fund-raising and public relations point of 
view, We will contact you shortly for your comments, observations, 
and press clippings. 

Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director 
Public Information ‘ 

P oot Defense & Educational Fund 
NYC 10 Columbus Circle

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