Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment

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- Political Participation
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- Redistricting
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- Cromartie v. Hunt (Daly v. Hunt)
Case
- Cromartie v. Hunt (Daly v. Hunt)
U.S. state
- North Carolina
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- Case Files
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- 597b6f20-e90e-f011-9989-7c1e5267c7b6

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA

WESTERN DIVISION

Civil Action No. 4-96-CV-104-BO(3)

MARTIN CROMARTIE, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

Vv.

JAMES B. HUNT, JR., in his official

capacity as Governor of the State of North

Carolina, et al., DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Defendants,

and

ALFRED SMALLWOOD, et al.,

Defendant-Intervenors.

Defendants, pursuant to Rule 56(b) of the Rules of Civil Procedure. respectfully move the

Court to enter summary judgment for them. In support of this motion, defendants rely upon

Defendant’s Brief in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment and in Opposition to Plaintiffs’

Motion to Further Amend the Complaint, filed simultaneously with this motion, as well as upon the

documents attached thereto and cited therein, and upon the depositions of plaintiffs taken by

defendants. Because of the compressed schedule for discovery and resolution of this case, the

depositions are not yet available, but will be filed with the Court in support of this motion when

available.

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Respectfully submitted, this the 18th day of October, 1999.

By:

MICHAEL F. EASLEY

ATTORNEY GENERAL

M and
Edwin M. Speas, Jr.

Chief Deputy Attorney General

N.C. State Bar No. 4112

Tiare B. Smiley

Special Deputy Attorney General

N. C. State Bar No. 7119

Norma S. Harrell

Special Deputy Attorney General

N. C. State Bar No. 6654

N.C. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 629

Raleigh, N.C. 27602

(919) 716-6900

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that I have this day served a copy of the foregoing DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT in the above captioned case upon all parties by hand

delivery.

Robinson O. Everett

Suite 300 First Union Natl. Bank Bldg.

301 W. Main Street

P.O. Box 586

Durham, NC 27702

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS

Adam Stein

Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins,

Gresham & Sumter, P.A.

Suite 2

312 W. Franklin Street

Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Todd Cox

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.

1444 1 Street NW

Washington, DC 20005

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT-INTERVENORS

This the 18th day of October, 1999.

Tiare B. Smiley Fo

Special Deputy Attorney General

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