Motion for Leave to File Oversized Portion of Joint Appendix
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                    September 12, 1985
                
 
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER TERM, 1985
No.83-I968
LACY H. THORNBURG, ET AL., APPELLAN+S,
v.
RALPH GINGLES, ET AL., APPELLEES.
On Appeal From the United States District Court
For the Eastern District of North Carolina
UOAION FOR LEAVE TO FILE OYERSIZED
PORTION OF JOINT APPENDIX
Appellants and Appellees jointly move for leave to file an
oversized portion of the Joint Appendix. In support of this
motion, the parties say:
I. Thornburq v. Ginqles is an action pursuant to Section 2
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965e ds amended, 42 U.S.C. SI973
challenging the districting of the North Caroiina Gerlerai
Assembly.
2. At the trial of the matter, plaintiffs presented
courtroom sized maps (approximately 30" x 42") of each
legislative district in guestion and of the apportionment of the
House of Representatives and Senate as a who1e. These maps, and
8-L/2" x ll" reductions of them, hrere received into evidence as
plaintiffs' Exhibits 2-I0.
3. The parties believe that having these maps available
would be helpful, if not essential, to this Court's
understanding of the matters before it.
4. These maps cannot be reduced to 6-L/8" x 9-L/4", as is
reguired by RuIe 33(d), and remain legible. Furthermore,
because each map has an acetate overlay, they cannot be folded.
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5. The Clerk of the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of North Carolina did not forward any exhibits
as part of the record in this case. Appellees offer to submit
the courtroom sized originals to the Court, in accordance with
RuIe 32, should the Court so reguest.
The parties therefore reguest leave to file a separately
bound volume of the Joint Appendix which contains these maps and
the legend for eachrplaintiffs' Exhibits 2-10, which is 8'l/2" x
I1" in dimension
rhis trl" f 7A- day of september, 198s.
LEONARD & MCGUAN, P.C.
900 17th Street, N.W., Suite 1020
Washington, D.C.20006
(202) 872-109s
Attorneys for Appellants
Suite 730 East Independence Plaza
951 East Independence Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
( 704 ) 37s-8451
Attorney for Appellees
Respectfully submitted.
HLEEN HEENAN McGUAN
FERGUSON, STEIN, WATT, WALLAS &
ADKINS, P.A.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 18th day of septemberr l9S5
I sent via First Class U.S. Government Mail, a copy of the
foregoing I',lotion f or Leave to File Overs ized Portion of Joint
Appendix to the following:
Julius Chambers
Eric Schnapper
C. Lani Guinier
NAACP Lega1 Defense and Educational Fund Inc.
16th Floor, 99 Hudson Street
New York, New York 10013
LesIie J. Winner
Ferguson, Watt, Wallasr & AdkinsT P.A.
951 S. IndePendence Blvd.
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
C. Allen Foster
Kenneth J. Gumbiner
Foster, Conner, Robson & Gumbiner, P.A.
104 North EIm Street
Greensboro, Ilorth Carol ina 27 401