Testimony Ends In Suit Fighting Redistricting (Winston Salem Sentinel)
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August 4, 1983
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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Testimony Ends In Suit Fighting Redistricting (Winston Salem Sentinel), 1983. 31d77464-d492-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/844d967c-672d-4ae1-b414-adb0a1cdda4e/testimony-ends-in-suit-fighting-redistricting-winston-salem-sentinel. Accessed November 28, 2025.
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Redistiicting
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lips of the 4th U. S. Circ- . i.1- ,,o'{;"
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oanel to issue a ruling,'iii",tr*o"vy*,:,d?J, ji,l*i*1,,*,er;,,"r* j:*tffi I
that multimember leg
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of Dr' Ttromas B' Hofe'ller' a defdnse
witness for the state in a'ciass'acUon suit'brought by
blacks, was in oirect connici"'iitt Gtimonylast'week by
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The olaintiffs alleg
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rni ntiitiut- * i th i n tbo-se d i str ic ts
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it # t"Pot"ntatiori in elections'
The olaintiffs t'"""'tu"O it'" state in T ",flgtt
to have
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member distrtcts tn
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N. Grorman'
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lasl wetsn' Lsir.r.v ttt'amiida'wh-ere candidates are
ished in multimemb'
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But Hofeller, a consultant to the-.1981 N'-C' General
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The case has been rect,JiT#il""fr[il11!3.ffi
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ate'
rtv hat,i cqnsiitenuy elected the
'Btdcks in Wake Coun
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Adams said'
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received in his last re'
black candidates can # t"'uii"t"o in whitb majority
counties and districts'
Hofeller testiJied that he believes the substantial gains
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