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Impact area
- Education
Topic
- School Desegregation
LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorneys
Organizations
Matter
- Sheff v. O'Neill
Case
- Sheff v. O'Neill
U.S. state
- Connecticut
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
Identifier
- 1954c6b6-aa46-f011-877a-002248226c06

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Case Files, Sheff v. O'Neill Hardbacks. Next Friend Group Notes, 1990. 1954c6b6-aa46-f011-877a-002248226c06. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/e5146e7b-f1b3-4946-a485-de5cba115b23/next-friend-group-notes. Accessed October 19, 2025.

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    NEXT FRIEND GROUF 

A next friend group or advisory council group will be 

established in the following manner for the following purposes: 

I. COMPOSITION 

A. Number- 25 

B. Criteria for choice 

a. Commitment to interdistrict remedy 

b. Representative of racial, ethnic, geographic diversity 

of plaintiffs 
c. Respected by community , plaintiffs, plaintiffs” 

attorneys 

C. Representation from the following groups: 

1. Religious leaders - 

Tom Hoyt 

suburban—- Rev. Bean, Bill Watson, Peggy Quinn 

2. Presidents of PTO- Hartford 

3. Prinicipals—- Hartford 

Richie Montanez, James Thompson, Amato Cruz 

4. Leaders of community organizations 

Ester Bush 

Eddie Perez, Juan Brito, Candida Flores 

5. Leaders of Educational organizations, institutions 

-black teachers” union 

Pat Tallman, Gwen Andrews 

- CREC 

-university 

Julio Morales, Conrad Mallet, Fred Simons 

6. Political/government leaders 

Thelma Dickerson 

Frances Sanchez 

7. Business 

Wick Sloane 7? 

8. Family and children organizations 

 



  

9. Housing—- Denise Viera 

10. Hartford school system 

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11. Other- Hernan LalFontaine 
3 Qe ay George Schatzki 

A. Act in advisory role to p la intiffs regarding remedy 

B. Be available when necessary to speak about the lawsuit 

C. Run interference with state dept. of ed. officials 

D. Lend credibility to lawsuit and remedy 

E. Furnish information relating to discovery 

F. Provide anecdotes for liability issues 

G. Broaden the network reached

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Next Friend Group Notes

Impact area

Topic

LDF Attorneys

Cooperating Attorneys

Organizations

Matter

Case

U.S. state

Collection

Taxonomy

Identifier

Cite this item

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