Motion for Appointment of Counsel and for Allowance of Attorney's Fees
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June 5, 1984

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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Correspondence from Bradford Reynolds to Suitts, 1981. 9babbe45-d892-ee11-be37-6045bddb811f. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/61b3b848-8d25-40e7-a679-380c55e515a7/correspondence-from-bradford-reynolds-to-suitts. Accessed April 06, 2025.
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U.S. Departme-' of Justice WBR: C'!{G:TGL: gu.I. DJ 166-012-3, Washinston, D.C. 20530 Mr. Stene Suitrts Executive Direetor Southern Regional Council 75 l,larie,tta Strr€et, N.W. Atlanta, Geor.gia 30303 Dear Mr- Suitta: AUG 2 4 1981 This is in neply to your correspondence of I,Iay 27, 1981, regarding tshe submission rsrder Section 5 of the revisions to the Norttr Carolina Constitution in 1969 and requesting copies of all Letters in rrhich objections under Section 5 of the Voting Rlghts Act o.f 1965 t,ere interposed in the state. Our reeords indicatse that on April 20, Lg7L, the Attorney General precleared all sections of the North Carolina Constitution as revi.sed in L969, with the exception of Article VI, Section 4, to which an objectrioa was interposed. That section concerned the inposition of a literacy requirenent as a prereguisite to registratlon. as a voter. Ee are enclosing copiee of alL the objections pursuant to Section 5 in l{orth Carolina. Included therein of course is the April 2:.0, L97L, letter regarding the 1969 constitutional aEencimentS., IEe apol-ogize for the delay in our response. If we can be of frrther assistance, please do not hesitate to cal-l us. Sincerely, *H ;.*?uf?l:,lll"3lll.", Civil Rights Division Jones SectionVoting