Letter from Lani Guinier to Leslie Winner

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LDF Attorney
- Lani Guinier
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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Letter from Lani Guinier to Leslie Winner, 1982. 433697a9-e392-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/73eb298d-fea7-4686-a85e-81acaa064b8e/letter-from-lani-guinier-to-leslie-winner. Accessed April 17, 2025.

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10 Columbus Circte, New York, N.y. 10019 o (212) 586-8397egal 'efense

November 18, l9B2

Leslie Winner, Esq.
951 So. Independence B1vd.
Suite 730
Charlotte, North Carolina 2g2}z

Dear Les11e:

r am forwardlng a few brochures on wllson county that
LDF is using for a direct mair solicitation. r think it isterrible that your plcture 1s not incruded, but the photog-rapher apparentry got j-nvolved onry at the.very last minute
and flew in and out of wirson one weekend. Things were backedup because they or1g1naIly pranned to do the maltrng on theBozeman/wlLder case. when trrat fetr through, they ianicked.,r aporogize for the overslght, especiarly Ii.rc. v6"il contri-bution to the case is so critlcar. Moreover, you would have"integrated', the picturesl

rf you can recover from the omissionr you may want tosend out a few brochures to test the water in othlr EasternNorth carorina counties. on the other hand, if you think wehave enough to choose from, you can use them as warl decora-tions !

, The interrogatories rook okay. r assume you have takencare of the typos ( such as "providing raw enforcement', r.nNo, 25, etc.). I think question No. ro shourd be developedfurther to speclfy 1n additlon the munlcipar servi-cesequalizatj-on suit that the Lawyers committee (Rosarind Gray)fired against wilson county. r arso think you shourd usethe form as we1] as the questions in the Moder section 2rnterrogatories that the Lawyers committee handed out at theconference, saturday. r have a copy if you haven't seen it.
rn response to your september g, Lgg2 memo on possibre

Voting Rights suits against Guirford county and Greensborocity, r understand Greensboro is changing its method ofelection and you are no longer intereitea in ritigation atthis time. with regard to the Guilford county commission

Contributions are deductible Jor U,S. income tar purposes

The NAACP LEGAL 0EFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUN0 is not part ol the National Association tor the Advancement of Colored peoole atrhouoh it
was lounded by il and shares its commitment to equal rights. L0F has hac for over 25 years a separare Boaro, piogiam, slali oifi6, ai,i'br,ld;i:

Leslie Winner
November 18, l9B2
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I would appreciate some further information before initiatinga formal request for approval of LDF participation.
1. How does this case compare in your opinion tothe other North carorina county election casesyou mentioned?

2, Does thls ease seem the best vehlcle to char-lenge the combination at large election /majorityvote,/staggened terms system?
' 3. .when d1d Justlce f 1nd raclarly porarized votingand to what extent?

1, why d1d the brack candidate fa1r. 1n hrs re-electlon bld? was he supported by the blickcommunity? was there any racial 0vertone tothe election or to the campaign issues?
. 5. When was the at large system adopted? Was ltalways staggered term?

, 6. How much of chafe's research into Greensboro
and the evidence of discrimination 1n Greens-boro will- be useful to the county .Iawsult?

7 , Do we have a sense that Dr. Slrnklns ls notaLone tn hts concern about the county erectron
system?

r look forward to hearinq from you. r enjoyed seeing youin New orreans and look forward to contlnui.rg 6,r" travelringconversation

Sincerely,

Lani Guinier

P's' r talked today to Julius_about gugle.'. He agreed toconfer wlth our pralntiffs and 56-me of the inierestedblack civic groups to determine what options are mostsatisfactory to our crients. r encourage you to re-mind him of this commitment.

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