Correspondence from Wise to Clerk Re: Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief

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October 9, 1970

Correspondence from Wise to Clerk Re: Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief preview

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  • Case Files, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hardbacks. Correspondence from Wise to Clerk Re: Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief, 1970. 9580f73a-2e34-f111-88b4-0022482cdbbc. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/e5c54988-4c8d-4bc0-b9c2-03920b75e29b/correspondence-from-wise-to-clerk-re-motion-for-leave-to-file-amicus-brief. Accessed June 02, 2026.

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     [||41f7b59f-f28f-45d7-9a9b-71e34625ed85||] WISE, CARTER AND CHILD 

  

SHERWOOD W. WISE " ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

WILLIAM O. CARTER, JR. 925 ELECTRIC BUILDING 

JAMES K. CHILD, JR. P. O. BOX 651 TEL. 354-2385 

¥:OuURTIDy Mcnss JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39205 
ROBERT C. TRAVIS 

THOMAS G. LILLY 

RICHARD B. WILSON, JR. October 9, 1970 

A. SPENCER GILBERT, IT 

SANDER PAUL MARGOLIS 

GEORGE Q. EVANS 

Robert Seaver, Esquire 
Clerk 
Supreme Court of the United States 
United States Supreme Court Building 
Washington, D. C. 

Re: Swann, et al. v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg 
Board of Education, et al. ~ No. 281 
October Term, 1970 
  

Dear Mr. Seaver: 

You will please find enclosed in connection with the 
above captioned case forty (40) copies of a Motion For Leave 
To File Brief Amicus Curiae and Brief Amicus Curiae. 

Please also find enclosed an Entry of Appearance form 
which I have completed and signed as Counsel for Jackson Chamber 

of Commerce, Inc. and Jackson Urban League, Amicus Curiae. 

It will be appreciated if you will please file the 
foregoing Motion and Brief. 

Very truly yours, 

SWW:cp Sherwood W. Wise 
Encls. 
CC: James Nabrit, III, Esquire 

10 Columbus Circle 
New York, New York 10019 

  

William J. Waggoner, Esquire 
Weinstein, Waggoner, Sturges & Odom 
1100 Barring Office Tower 
Charlotte, North Carolina 

Benjamin S. Horack, Esquire 
Ervin, Horack & McCartha 

806 East Trade Street 
Charlotte, North Carolina 

 



  

Clerk 
U. S. Supreme Court 

Page #2 
October 9, 1970 

CC: Erwin Griswold, Esquire 
Solicitor-General 
Department of Justice 
Washington, D. C. [||41f7b59f-f28f-45d7-9a9b-71e34625ed85||] 

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