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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA 

WESTERN DIVISION 

Civil Action No. 92-202-CIV-5-BR 

| FILED 
RUTH O. SHAW, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 
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JAMES ARTHUR "ART" POPE, et al., RW 

Plaintiff-Intervencrs, 
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JAMES B. HUNT, JOR., eb al., 

Defendants, 
  

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RALPH GINGLES, ef al., 
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Defendants’ motion to consolidate Cromartie V. Hu 
  

  (No.4:96-CV-104-H) (E.D.N.C.) and Daly v. High (No.5:97-CV~750~ 

BO} (2.D.N.C.) with the above~captioned matter is DENIED. 

This _|& October 1997. 

For the Court: 

W. EARL BRITT 

United States District Judge 

  

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Clerk 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA 

RUTH O. SHAW, MELVIN G. SHIMM, 
ROBINSON O. EVERETT, JAMES M. 
EVERETT, DOROTHY G. BULLOCK, 
MARTIN CROMARTIE, THOMAS 
CHANDLER MUSE, and GLENNES 
DODGE WEEKS 

Plaintiffs, 
and 

JAMES ARTHUR "ART" POPE, BETTY 
8. JUSTICE, DORIS LAIL, JOYCE 
LAWING, NAT SWANSON, RICK 
WOODRUFF, J. RALPH HIXON, 
AUDREY McBANE, SIM A. DELAPP, 
JR., RICHARD S. SAHLIE, 
HOWARD B. SMITH, H. M. "TED" 
TYLER, FERRELL L. BLOUNT, III, 
HOWARD DANIELEY, ANTHONY G. 
POSEY, and RACHEL NANCE 
RUMLEY 

Plaintiff-Intervenors, 

VY. 

JAMES B. HUNT, in his official 
capacity as Governor of the 
State of North Carolina, 

DENNIS A. WICKER, in his 
official capacity as Lieutenant 
Governor of the State of North 

Carolina and President of the 

Senate, HAROLD J. BRUBAKER, in 
his official capacity as 
Speaker of the North Carolina 
House of Representatives, JANICE 
FAULKNER, in her official 

capacity as Secretary of the 
State of North Carolina, 

THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD 
OF ELECTIONS, un official agency 

of the State of North Carolina, 

EDWARD J. HIGH, in his official 

capacity as Chairman of the 

North Carolina State Board of 
Elections, JEAN H. NELSON, in 

her official capacity as a 
member of the North Carolina 

State Board of Elections, LARRY 

LEAKE, in his official capacity 

as a member of the North 

Carolina State Board of 
Elections, DOROTHY PRESSER, in 

her official capacity as a 
member of the North Caralina 

State Board of Elections, and 

JUNE K. YOUNGBLOOD, in her 

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JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE 

No. 92-202-CIV-5-BR 

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Sent by: FERGUSON,STEIN,WALLAS, 

official capacity as a 

member of the North Carolina 

State Board of Elections, 

Defendants. 

and 

RALPH GINGLES, VIRGINIA NEWELL, 

GEORGE SIMKINS, N. A. SMITH, 

RON LEEPER, ALFRED SM
ALLWOOD, 

DR. OSCAR BLANKS, REVEREND 
DAVID 

MOORE, ROBERT L. DAVIS, C. R. 

WARD, JERRY B. ADAMS, JAN 

Vv ALDER, BERNARD OFFERMAN, 

JENNIFER MCGOVERN
, CHARLES 

LAMBETH, ELLEN EMERSON, LAVONIA 

ALLISON, GEORGE KNIGHT, LETO 

COPELEY, WOODY CONNETTE, 

ROBERTA WADDLE and WILLIAM 

M. HODGES, 

Defendant-Intervenors. 

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Decision by Court. This action came to trial or hearing before the Court. The issues have been 

tried or heard and a decision has been rendered. 

IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that defendants’ motion to consolidate Cromartie Vv. Hunt 

and Daley v. High with Shaw v. Hunt is denied. (BRITT, J) 

THIS JUDGMENT FILED AND ENTERED ON OCTOBER 17,1997 WITH COPIES TO: 

  

  

  

Robinson O. Everett 

Attorney at Law 

P. O. Box 586 

Thomas A. Farr 
Attorney at Law 

p. O. Box 19764 

Raleigh, NC 27619-9764 

Edwin M. Speas, Jt. 

Tisrs B. Smiley 

N. C. Depanument of Justice 

P.O. Box 629 

Raleigh, NC 27602 

Adam Stein 
Anita Hodgkiss 

Anorneys at Law 

741 Kenilworth Ave, Suite 300 

Charlotte, NC 28204 

October 17, 1997 

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DAVID W. DANIEL, CLERK 

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(By) Deputy Clerk 
  
    

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