Attorney Notes Page 38

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January 1, 1983

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  • Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Attorney Notes Page 38, 1983. 0d104f54-e092-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/3c3da066-cf0d-480c-af51-e648d946cf38/attorney-notes-page-38. Accessed April 08, 2025.

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J.S. App. 44a. In additionrthe trial

testimony demonstrated that an outspoken

or involved black community cannot get

enough support from the white community to

win and that blacks who cannot appeal to

the white community are discouraged from

ru nni ng . T. 666-669 , 691 . Thus, the

ability of some blacks to get elected in

Durham does not mean that theY are

necessarily the choice of the black

community. T. 1281, 1295, 1299.

The f i nd i ngs that the exte nt of

election of blacks at all levels has been,

and continues to be, minimal, J.S. APP.

37a, plus the factors which lead the trial

court to conclude that 1982 was "obviously

aberrational", id. , amply suPport the

fi nd i ng of the three trial judge, alI

North Carolina natives that the results

of the one post-litigation election year

do not "compel or arguably ... support an

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