Motion for Leave of Court to File Brief as Amicus Curiae; Order to File Brief Amicus Curiae

    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA 

RONALD CHISOM, ET AL 

Versus 

EDWIN EDWARDS, ET AL 

MOTION FOR LEAVE OF COURT TO 
FILE BRIEF AS AMICUS CURIAE  

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CIVIL ACTION 

No. 86-4075 

SECTION "A" 

NOW INTO COURT, through undersigned counsel, comes 

John A. Dixon, Jr., the Chief Justice of the Louisiana 

Supreme Court and chief administrative officer of the 

judicial system of the State of Louisiana, who shows with. 

respect that: 

1. 

Pending before this Court is the motion of 

plaintiffs to enjoin the election scheduled on October 1, 

1988 for the First Supreme Court District. 

2. 

The Chief Justice opposes the motion to enjoin 

that election, and desires to file an amicus curiae brief 

herein, setting forth the particular grounds of his 

opposition to that motion. 

JUN 2U988 
DAIL OF ' 

DOCL, • 



3. 

A justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court has 

previously submitted an amicus curiae brief asking this 

Court to grant plaintiffs' motion to enjoin the election, 

and the Chief Justice desires to submit reasons for a 

contrary position. 

4. 

It is submitted that the Chief Justice has an 

interest in the outcome of this litigation sufficient to 

allow him to file an amicus curiae brief herein. 

Ira J. Rosenzweig 
400 Poydras Street 
Texaco Center, 30th Floor 
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 

Ira J. Rosenzweig 
Attorney for Mover, 
John A. Dixon, Jr. 
Chief Justice 
Louisiana Supreme Court 



• S. 
I, Ira J. Rosenzweig, hereby certify that on this 17th 

day of June, 1988, I served copies of the foregoing motion and 

brief upon the parties stated below by depositing the same in the 

United States mail, postage prepaid, first class, addressed to 

them at their respective offices: 

William P. Quigley, Esq. 
631 St. Charles Avenue 
•New Orleans, La. 70130 

Roy Rodney, Esq. 
643 Camp Street 
New Orleans, La. 70130 

Ron Wilson, Esq. 
Richards Building, Suite 310 
837 Gravier Street 
New Orleans, La. 70112 

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

A. R. Christovich, Esq. 
Suite 2300 
Pan American Life Center 
601 Poydras Street 
New Orleans, La. 70130 

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

Paul D. Kamener, Esq. 
Washington Legal Foundation 
1705 N. Street, N.W. 
Washington, D. C. 20036 

Charles A. Kronlage, Jr. 
717 St. Charles Avenue 
New Orleans, La. 70130 

Julius L. Chambers, Esq. 
Charles Stephen Ralston, Esq. 
C. Lani Guinier, Esq. 
Ms. Pamela S. Karlan 

99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 
New York, New York 10013 

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

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

Moise W. Dennery, Esq. 
Suite 2100 
Pan American Life Center 
601 Poydras Street 
New Orleans, La. 70130 

Mark Gross, Esq. 
Civil Rights Division 
Department of Justice 
Washington, D. C. 20035 

Peter J. Butler 
712 American Bank Building 
New Orleans, La. 70130 

Ira J. Rosenzweig 



UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA 

RONALD CHISOM, ET AL 

Versus 

EDWIN EDWARDS, ET AL 

CIVIL ACTION 

No. 86-4075 

SECTION "A" 

ORDER  

CONSIDERING the foregoing Motion filed on behalf of John A. 

Dixon, Jr: 

IT IS ORDERED that John A. Dixon, Jr. be and he is hereby 

authorized to file an amicus curiae brief herein in response to 

plaintiff's motion to enjoin the First Supreme Court District 

election scheduled for October 1, 1988. 

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, this r?7()  day of  , 1988. 

C-
Charles Schwartz, Jr., dge 
United States District Court