Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Sandy Nelson, Esq. Re Thornburg v. Gingles

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- Lani Guinier
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- Anthony G. Amsterdam
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- NYU School of Law
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- Bozeman v. Lambert
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- Bozeman v. Lambert
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- Alabama
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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Sandy Nelson, Esq. Re Thornburg v. Gingles, 1985. 614d73db-e892-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/d704d1bc-558e-4013-8b38-90118b897521/correspondence-from-lani-guinier-to-sandy-nelson-esq-re-thornburg-v-gingles. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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    September 30, 1985

Sandy Nelson, Esg.
Assistant Clerk
United States Supreme Court
1 First Street, N.E.
Washi-ngton, D.C. 20543

RE: Lacy H. Thornburg, et aI. v. RALPH GINGLES,
et aI., No. 83-1968

Dear Ms. Nelson:

I enclose for filing, pursuant to Supreme
Court Rule 30.4(b), forty (40) printed
copies of Appellees' Brief.

'i""w"fu
C. Lani Guinier
CounsEI for ApPeIIees: -.

CLG/T
Enclosures #40

cc: tls . Kathleen Ileenan McGuan

NTNETY N|NE HUDSON STREET . (212) 219-1900 o f{EW YORK, N. Y. 1001 3



No. 83-1958

IN TEE

ST]PREME COURT OF TEE T'NITED STATES

October Te::ur, 1984

LACY H. THORNBURG, et aI.,

Appellants )

-v. -
RALPH GINGLES, €t &I.,

On eppeal $un the thit-ed Stat€ Dj-strict Court
For the Easterr District, of lbrth Carolina

Certificate of Serrice

r, c. LAr{r GurNrER, certify that r am a member of the Bar of
the Suprene Court of the United States and. that I have ser,"red a
printed copy of the Brief For Appellees upon all parties required
to be served and listed below by first class postage prepaid,
this 30th day of September, 1995:

Jerris Leonard, Esq. (S Copies)
900 17th Street, N. W., Suite 1020
Washington, D. C.20006

James Wallace, Esq.
Office of the Attorney General
Department of Justice
P. O. Box 629
Raleigh, North Carolina 2?602

C. Allan Foster, Esq.
Kenneth J. Gumbliner, Esg.
Foster Conner Robson & Gumbiner, p.A.
104 North EIm Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 274OL
ATTORNEYS FoR APPELLEES/TNTERVENORS (pugh/Aag1in)

Hon. Charles Fried
Paul J. Larkin, Jr., Esq. .Solicitor General'_s Of f ice
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C.2O53O

Roger A11an Ivloore, Esg.
E. Ir{ark Braden, Esg.
Ilj.chaeI A. Hess, Esq.
310 First Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C.20003
ASTORNEYS FOR A},ECLS CURISE RET}BLICADT }WTICNAL OOffII:TE
Daniel J. popeo, Esq.
George C. Smith, Esg.
Washington Legal Foundation
1705 N Street, N.W
Washington, D.C.2OO36



Victor S. Friedman, Esq.
Fried Frank llarris Shriver & Jackson
( e partnership rdridl incl:des pr:ofessicrral cor5nraticns)
One New York Plaza
New York, New York 10004

Walter J. Rockler, Esq.
llark P. Gergen, Esq.
Barbara L. Atwe1l, Esq.
Arnold & Porter
1200 New Hampshire Ave., N.W
Washington, D. C. 20036
ATTORNEYS FOR AIIICI CURIAE SENATOR ROBERT DOLE, €t aI.

David H. Harris , Jr. , Esq.
Brenda F. ivlcGhee , Esq.
Susan I,1. Perry, Esg.
Eastern Carolina Legal Services
P. O. Box 2688
Wilson, North Carolina 27893
AEnOnNEYS FOR .e[{rCtJS CIJRIAE, LEGAL SEFMTCES OF tWEi CAROTJNA

James Robertson, Esq.
Harold R. Tyler, Jr., Esg., Co-Chairman
Norman Redlich, Trustee
William L. Robinson, Bsq.
I'rank R, Parker, Esq.
Samuel Issacharoff, Esg.
Patricia M. Hanrahan, Esq.
tawyers Conunittee for Civil Rights Under Law
1400 "Eye" Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, D.C.20005

Samuel Rabinove, Esq.
Richard T. Foltin, Esq.
The American Jewish Committee
155 East 55 Street
New York, New York L0422

william T. Lake, Esq.
Adrienne Masters, Esq.
WiLmer Cutler & Pickering
L665 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.20006
COT,NSEL FOR AI'{]CUS CURIAE COMI,ION CAUSE

Laughlin l'lcDona1d, Esq,
Neil Bradley, Esq.
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.
52 Eairlie Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Cynthia Hill, Esq.
League of Women Voters Education F'und
1730 I"1 Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.20036

C. I"ANI GUINIER

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I{o. 83-1968

IN THE

ST'PREI{E COURT OF TIIE T'NITED STATES

October Termk 1985

LACY H. IHORNBURG, et aI.,

Appellants,

-v. -
RALPH GINGLES, €t a1.,

On efpeal FStcrn [he lllited States Districf Court
Ibr the Eastern District of tibrth CarcUna

A5'FIDAVIT OF MJA,ILING

C. LANI GUINIER, being duly sworn deposes and says:

,] f, C. LANI GUINIER, a member of the Bar of this Court
i

,and counsel of record, for Appellees, caused forty (40) printed
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"typescript copies of Appellees' Brief to be deposited in a United
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iiStates Post Office, Postage prepaid, and properly addressed, on

iseptember 30, 1985, for mailing, Pursuant to Suprene Court RuIe
!

,a0.4(b), within ten (10) days of the filing of the Joint Appendix-

I

'september 30, 1985

C. LA}qI GUINIER

NOTARY PUBI,IC

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