Correspondence from Reed to Ganucheau (Clerk)

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December 18, 1989

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- NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc.
Matter
- Chishom v. Edwards (Chisom v. Roemer) (Perschall v. State of Louisiana)
Case
- Chisom v. Roemer
U.S. state
- Louisiana
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- Case Files
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- 2e6f8fd0-f211-ef11-9f8a-6045bddc4804

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Case Files, Chisom Hardbacks. Correspondence from Reed to Ganucheau (Clerk), 1989. 2e6f8fd0-f211-ef11-9f8a-6045bddc4804. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/eedfa1b9-6d82-414f-9237-97ad8e4fa7fa/correspondence-from-reed-to-ganucheau-clerk. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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    IN THE 
• 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 
I 

No. 89-3654 

RONALD CHISOM, 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, 

V. 

CHARLES E. ROEMER, 

Defendants-Appellees  

On Appeal from the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Louisiana 

BRIEF FOR PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS 

WILLIAM P. QUIGLEY 
901 Convention Center 
Fulton Place 
Suite 119 
New Orleans, LA 70130 
(504) 524-0016 

ROY RODNEY, JR. 
McGlinchey, Stafford, 
Mintz, Cellini, Lang 
643 Magazine Street 
New Orleans, LA 70130 
(504) 586-1200 

Blvd. 

PAMELA S. KARLAN 
University of Virginia 
School of Law 
Charlottesville, VA 22901 
(804) 924-7810 

JULIUS LeVONNE CHAMBERS 
CHARLES STEPHEN RALSTON 
JUDITH REED 
DAYNA L. CUNNINGHAM 
SHERRILYN A. IFILL 

99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 
New York, NY 10013 
(212) 219-1900 

RONALD L. WILSON 
310 Richards Building 
837 Gravier Street 
New Orleans, LA 70112 
(504) 525-4361 

C. LANI GUINIER 
University of Pennsylvania 

School of Law 
3400 Chestnut Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6204 
(215) 898-7032 

FILED IN W/F #1 



IN THE 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

No. 89-3654 

RONALD CHISOM, et al., 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, s_ 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, 

V. 

CHARLES E. ROEMER, 

Defendants-Appellees-

On Appeal from the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Louisiana 

RECORD EXCERPTS 

WILLIAM P. QUIGLEY 
901 Convention Center Blvd. 
Fulton Place 
Suite 119 
New Orleans, LA 70130 
(504) 524-0016 

ROY RODNEY, JR. 
McGlinchey, Stafford; 
Mintz, Cellini, Lang 
643 Magazine Street 
New Orleans, LA 70130 
(504) 586-1200 

PAMELA S. KARLAN 
University of Virginia 
School of Law 
Charlottesville, VA 22901 
(804) 924-7810 

Counsel for 

FILED 

JULIUS LeVONNE CHAMBERS 
CHARLES STEPHEN RALSTON 
JUDITH REED 
DAYNA L. CUNNINGHAM 
SHERRILYN A. IFILL 

99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 
New York, NY 10013 
(212) 219-1900 

RONALD L. WILSON 
310 Richards Building 
837 Gravier Street 
New Orleans, LA 70112 
(504) 525-4361 

C. LANI GUINIER 
University of Pennsylvania 

School of Law 
3400 Chestnut Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6204 
(215) 898-7032 

Plaintiffs-Appellants 

IN W/F #1 



December 18, 1989 

The Honorable Gilbert F. Ganucheau 
Clerk 
United States Court of Appeals 

for the Fifth Circuit 
100 U.S. Courthouse 
600 Camp Street 
New Orleans, LA 70130 

Re: Ronald Chisom, et al. v. Charles E. Roemer, et al. 
No. 89-3654 

Dear Mr. Ganucheau: 

Enclosed for filing please find seven (7) copies of the 
Brief for Plaintiffs-Appellants and four (4) copies of the Record 
Excerpts in the above case. All counsel required to be served 
have been served. 

Thank you for your assistance in this matter. 

Very truly yours, 

Judith Reed 

JR/gj 
Encs. 
CC: Counsel of Record 

NINETY NINE HUDSON STREET, 16th FLOOR • (212) 219-1900 • NEW YORK, N.Y. 10013 



CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on December , 1989, I served copies 

of the foregoing Brief for Plaintiffs-Appellants and Record 

Excerpts upon the attorneys listed below by causing them to be sent 

via United States mail, first class, postage prepaid: 

William J. Guste, Jr., Esq. 
Attorney General 
Louisiana Department of Justice 
234 Loyola Avenue, Suite 700 
New Orleans, LA 70112-2096 

M. Truman Woodward, Jr., Esq. 
1100 Whitney Building 
New Orleans, LA 70130 

Blake G. Arata, Esq. 
210 St. Charles Avenue 
Suite 4000 
New Orleans, LA 70170 

A.R. Christovich, Esq. 
1900 American Bank Building 
New Orleans, LA 70130. 

Moise W. Dennery, Esq. 
21st Floor Pan American 

Life Center 
601 Poydras Street 
New Orleans, LA 70130 

Robert G. Pugh, Esq. 
330 Marshall Street 
Suite 1200 
Shreveport, LA 71101 

Iry Gorenstein, Esq. 
U.S. Department of Justice 
P.O. Box 66078 
Washington, DC 20035-6075 

George M. Strickler, Esq. 
639 Loyola Street, 
Suite 1075 
New Orleans, LA 70113 

Peter Butler, Esq. 
Butler, Heebe & Hirsh 
712 American Bank Building 
New Orleans, LA 70130 

Moon Landrieu, Esq. 
717 Girod Street 
New Orleans, LA 70130 

Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellants

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