Stipulation of Class Action

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Matter
- Gingles
Case
- Thornburg v. Gingles
U.S. state
- North Carolina
Collection
- Case Files
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- ee9eb9f6-da92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873

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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Williams. Stipulation of Class Action, 1982. ee9eb9f6-da92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/88564c80-058e-48d8-992d-36f206104274/stipulation-of-class-action. Accessed November 08, 2025.

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    IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH

MLEIGH DIVISION
No.81-803-CIV-5

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MLPH GINGLES, €t al . ,

Plaintiffs,

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RUFUS EDMISTEN, etc., €t a1.,

Defendants.

STIPULATION OF CLASS ACTION

Plaintiffs and defendants in the action of Ralph Gingles,

et a1. v. Rufus Edmisten, €t a1., No.81-803-CIV-5 agree that

it is in the best interest of all parties to this action for

the action to prcceed as a cLass action. The parti-es further

stipulate that the class of all black residents of the State of

North Carglina who are registered to vote is an aPPropriate class

which meets the prerequisite set out in RuIe 23G) and (b) (2) '

In addition, the parties to Gingles v. Edmisten do not object to

the exclusion of the black named plainEiffs in Eug.h, et al., v.

Hunt, €t aI., No. 8|-1066-CIV-5, from the class certified in

Gingles, et aI. v. Edmisten, et al.

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This / a^V of APril, L982.

Adkins & Fuller, P.A.
Suite '730 East Independence PLaza
951 South Independence Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
704 / 375-846L

Post Office Box 629
Raleigh, North Carolina 27602
9L9 /733-3377

Attorneys for Defendants

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Chambers, rguson, Watt, Wallas,

Attorney for

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rrty Attorrley f. bgal Affairs

i(ttorney General'6 Off ice
North Carolina Department of Just

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CERTITICATE OF SERVICE

' I hereby certify.that I have this day served the foregoing

Stipulation of Class Action upon alI other parties by placing a

copy of s€rme in the United States Post OfficeT postage prepaid,

addressed to:

Arthur J. Donaldson
Burke, Donaldson, Holshouser & Kere1y
309 North llain Street
Sal-isbury, llorth Carolina 28L44

Robert N. Hunter, Jr.'
Post Office Box 3245
201 West llarket Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27402
Attorneys for plaintiffs in Pugh v, Ilunt

This the day of April, L982.

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