Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Anne Dowling and Emily Mandelstam

Correspondence
March 18, 1986

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  • Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Letter from Lani Guinier to David Lipman, 1981. c7a48891-e392-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/1bf09493-5ea0-43a3-a377-caf4a38acc0e/letter-from-lani-guinier-to-david-lipman. Accessed April 17, 2025.

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October 4, 1984

Calvin Walton, Esg.
129 Sickles Avenue
New Rochell, N.Y. 10801

Dear l"tr. Walton:

I look forward to meeting with you in November. fn
the meantime, I enclose a copy of the Gingles
decision in which the court threw out several multi-
member legislative districts in North Carolina, includ-
ing the districts based in Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham
and Winston-Sa1em. You will find at pp. 14-15 a
discussion of the factors under the Voting Rights Act
that show whether an at-1arge system discriminates,
and at pp. 16-17 a more general discussion of when
an at-large system discriminates. AIso look at pp. 46-7
about the greater chances of blacks getting elected from
single member districts.

LG/r
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