Ltr. to James Wallace Jr. from Leslie Winner

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Matter
- Gingles
Case
- Thornburg v. Gingles
U.S. state
- North Carolina
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
Identifier
- 8909d228-d592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b

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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Ltr. to James Wallace Jr. from Leslie Winner, 1984. 8909d228-d592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/6d2b984e-1059-4d8c-8603-8043c0b34203/ltr-to-james-wallace-jr-from-leslie-winner. Accessed November 03, 2025.

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hr".*=. FERGUS.N. *ATT, *ALLAS. & ADKTNS. p.A. O
ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SUITE 730 EAST INDEPENDENCE PLAZA

95I SOUTH INDEPENOENCE BOULEVARD

CHARLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA 28202
TELEPHONE (704) 375.846 I

April 16, 1984

JULIUS LEVONNE CHAMBERS

JAMES E FERGUSON II

MELVIN L WAT1

JONATHAN WALLAS

KARL AOXINS

YVONNE MIMS EVANS

JOHN W GRESHAM

GILOA F GLAZER

LESLIE J WINNER

JOHN T NOCKLEEY

GERALDINE SUMTER

FRANK E EMORY JR

THOMAS M STERN

Mr. James WalLace, Jr.
Deputy Attorney GeneraL for

Legal Affairs
Department of Justice
Post Office Box 629
Raleigh, North Carolina 27602

Re: Gingles v. Edmisten

Dear Jim:

This letter is to confirm our telephone conversation of April
16, 1984. During Ehat conversation, I info::ured you Ehat Bill
Cu1p, the supervisor of eLections for Mecklenburg County, had
told me that he had interpreted an instruction from you Ehat
he is to accept candidate filing for the Mecklenburg County
House and Senate Districts begiining on April 23, 1934 ,
whether or not the Court has approved the distrieting pLan
which you have submitted.

It is my position that accepting candidate filing for districts
which have not been approved by the Court not only violates
paragraph 2 of the Court's January 27, 1984 Order but also
is contrary to Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter 2 of the Session
Laws of the 1984 Extra Session.

I hereby request that you instruct Mr. Cu1p, and the oEher
supervisors of elections of counties effected by the Court's
January 27, f984 Order, that they are not to accept candidate
filing on April 23, 1984 unl-ess the Court has issued an Order
approving the proposed districts and, for those counties in
former Senate District No. 2 and former House District No. 8,
unless the proposed districts have been precleared pursuant
to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

Mr. James tr{aLlace, Jr.
April L6, 1984
Page 2

0n the tel-ephone y9u indicated that you were considering
seeking -a court order allowing you tb proceed with fiLiig.rf you decide to do that, r would apprLciate your so notifying
me at once.

Thank you for your cooperation in this regard.

SincereLy,
tA tt '-

f/ )LoLcc
Leslie J. Winner

LJW: ddb
cc: Ms. Lani Guinier r./

Mr. Robert N. Hunter, Jr.

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