Response of Appellants in Support of Motion to Intervene as Appellants
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October 7, 1998

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Case Files, Cromartie Hardbacks. Response of Appellants in Support of Motion to Intervene as Appellants, 1998. b17fc00e-e40e-f011-9989-7c1e5267c7b6. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/40f3187d-e9b6-4d51-a74d-90c6704688ad/response-of-appellants-in-support-of-motion-to-intervene-as-appellants. Accessed May 14, 2025.
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No. 98-85 In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1998 JAMES B. HUNT, JRr., in his official capacity as Governor of the State of North Carolina, ef al., Appellants, yo MARTIN CROMARTIE, et al., Appellees. RESPONSE OF APPELLANTS IN SUPPORT OF MOTION BY SMALLWOOD, ET AL., TO INTERVENE AS APPELLANTS Appellants, James B. Hunt, Jr., ef al., by their undersigned counsel, respond to the motion to intervene as appellants in this action by Alfred Smallwood, et al., by supporting such intervention. The Smallwood appellants are currently defendant-intervenors in the court below and have important interests which the disposition of this appeal will affect. Intervention will not delay the appeal of this matter and, for the reasons stated in their motion, the Smallwood parties should be allowed to intervene as appellants in this appeal. Respectfully submitted, this 7th day of October, 1998. MICHAEL F. EASLEY North Carolina Attorney General Lr Edwin M. Speas, Jr. Chief Deputy Attorney General -~ Tiare B. Smiley Special Deputy Attorney General Melissa Saunders Special Counsel to the Attorney General North Carolina Department of Justice f Post Office Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27609-0629 (919) 716-6900 COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS No. 98-85 In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1998 JAMES B. HUNT, JR., in his official capacity as Governor of the State of North Carolina, et al., Appellants, V. MARTIN CROMARTIE, et al., Annelloos PE oF AA CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Edwin M. Speas, Jr., Chief Deputy Attorney General, a member of the bar of this Court and counsel of record for State appellants in this case, hereby certify that all parties required to be served a copy of the Response of Appellantsin Support of Motion By Smallwood, ef al., to Intervene as Appellants have been served, and more particularly, that I have on this 7th day of October, 1998, deposited a copy of this Response in the United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, addressed as follows: Robinson O. Everett Todd A. Cox Everett & Everett NAACP Legal Defense & Post Office Box 586 Educational Fund Durham, NC 27702 1444 1 Street, N.W., 10th Floor Telephone: (919) 682-5691 Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: (202) 682-1300 This the 7th day of October, 1998. Edwin M. Speas, Jr. Chief Deputy Attorney General