Letter to Judge Roth from Saxton RE: Emergency Motion of Defendants-Intervenors

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August 8, 1972

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  • Case Files, Milliken Hardbacks. Letter to Judge Roth from Saxton RE: Emergency Motion of Defendants-Intervenors, 1972. 210e406f-53e9-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/ecd7ad71-c07b-47cc-b0e3-fcd010501dbb/letter-to-judge-roth-from-saxton-re-emergency-motion-of-defendants-intervenors. Accessed August 28, 2025.

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H onorab le  Stephen J. Roth 
United States D is t r i c t  Court  
802 F e d e r a l  Bui lding 
D etro i t ,  M ich igan  48226

R e :  B r a d le y  et a l  v M i l l iken  et al
C iv i l  A c t i o n  No. 35257__________

D ear  Judge Roth:

E n c l o s e d  herew ith  f o r  f i l ing p lease  find " E m e r g e n c y  M ot ion"  of  D e fe n d an ts - 
In tervenors  A l le n  P a r k  Pu b l i c  S ch oo ls ,  et al, C r o s s e  Po in te  P u b l i c  S choo ls ,  
Southfie ld  P u b l ic  S choo ls  and S ch oo l  D is t r i c t  of  the City o f  R o y a l  Oak.

C o n c u r r e n c e  of c o u n se l  of  r e c o r d  has been  sought  and r e sp o n d e d  to as f o l l o w s

Counse l  f o r  State Defendants W i l l i a m  G. M i l l iken  et al,
D etro i t  F e d e r a t i o n  of  T e a c h e r s  and K e r r y  G reen  et al  
c o n c u r .

C ou nse l  f o r  D e tro i t  Pu b l ic  Schoo ls  take no pos i t ion .

Cou nse l  f o r  D en ise  M agdow sk i ,  et al ,  does  not c o n cu r .

C o u n s e l  f o r  P la int i f f s ,  W i l l i a m  E. Caldwel l ,  has a d v ise d  A s s i s ta n t  
A t to r n e y  G e n e r a l  Eugene  K r a s i c k y  that P la int i f fs  would  have no 
ob je c t ion  to extending the t ime f o r  a p e r io d  of ten (10) days  after  
the o r a l  argu m en t  b e f o r e  the Court  of A p p ea ls  f o r  the Sixth C ircu it .



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H onorab le  Stephen J. Roth 
August  8, 1972 
P a ge  Tw o

Inasmuch as the o r a l  a rgu m e n t  b e f o r e  the Sixth C ir cu i t  Court  of  Ap p ea ls  is 
August  24, 1972, and ten (10) days  a f ter  such  date would  be Sunday, Septem be  
1972, and the M onday therea fter  being a hol iday,  L a b o r  Day, Cou nse l  f o r  
D e fe n d a n ts - In te r v e n o r s  have reques ted  an ex tens ion  f o r  f i l ing  o b je c t io n s ,  
m o d i f i c a t io n s  and a l ternat ives  to the r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s  of  the d e se g r e g a t io n  
P a n e l  and State Superintendent of  Pu b l i c  Instruct ion until Tuesday ,  S ep tem b er
1972.

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c c :  A l l  C ou nse l  of  R e c o r d
F r e d e r i c k  W. Johnson,  C lerk  

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