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GSA GEN. REG. HO. 27 ** . : . Tolson ———_—_—— UNITED STATES GO éRNMENT , 7. DeLgach Memorandum te Conrad ——_ / a Felt To > Mr. ae DATE: November 22, 1967 eae Su fh ——— Tove) ——___—_—— 1 ~ Mr. DeLoach Tele. Room =—— FROM : A. neh / 1 - Mr. Rosen Holmes —— 1 - Mr. Gandy ———___—— 1 - Mr. SUBJECT: RICHARD 3, Sse Co VERSUS. j — mr. LEANDER HO PEREZ, SR., ETAL, ; EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA, $7c CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 67-243” (4 ' “CIVIL RIGHTS } Mr. Richard B. Sobol, an attorney licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and New York, Le ee represents Negroes and civil rights workers in the State . and Federal courts in Louisiana for the Lawyers Constitu- ( / tional Defense Committee, Mr, Sobol was arrested by the Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, authorities, charging him Aree) with the unauthorized practice of law, Sobol has brought civil suit challenging this action, . Department has filed a motion to intervene in this case in the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, motion granted on 11/1/67. The Government's complaint in intervention alleges that Negroes in Plaquemines Parish are less able than white persons to secure adequate legal representation, thereby denying them equal protection of the laws as provided under the Fourteenth Amendment of the onstitution, a St . The attached request from the Department {nvolves the interviewing of 18 Negro attorneys and 30 white attorneys in Louisiana to determine numerous items including their personal background, the extent of their law practice and the attorneys willingness’ -to meas Negroes in civil rights and constitutfonal: issues,.: , “ACTION: ae Le TOG EE ge ee - “le The investigation a by, re Department , is being orddred. . we. * Enclosure: : « be a Wy _ At ae a (ON dail