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May 30, 1986

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  • Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Order, 1986. fb536db9-d692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/9c37b86b-001e-4a68-b8f0-7c57d3e83922/order. Accessed April 18, 2025.

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    IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OE NORTH CAROLINA

RALEIGH DIVISION

RALPH GINGLES, et dI.,

Plaintiffs

vs.

RUFUS EDMISTEN, €t dl.,

Defendants

_fJLED
JUN e tgs

J. RICH LEONARD, CLERK
No. I r-B 0 3uetp!ryRtc_T coURT

E DIST. NO. CAR.

ORDER

By order dated December 5, 1985, this court granted plaintiffs'
motion for an order establishing a permanent method of election
to the North Carolina House of Representatives in House Districts
8, 70, 7L and 72 which are situated in Wilson, Edgecombe and Nash

Counties and enjoined the defendants to continue to use those

election districts as outlined in the court's October 30, 1984

order in connection with all elections to be held in those counties

pending the appeal of this action. Plaintiff-intervenors have

noh, filed a motion requesting the court to modify the December

5 order by eliminating the "pending appeal" qualification with

respect to those districts and by also ordering a permanent method

of election in North Carolina Senate District 2.L As grounds

for this motion, plaintiff-intervenors assert that none of these

districts are involved in the appeal presently pending in the

Supreme Court, and that permanent relief is therefore appropriate.

1. Senate District 2 is composed
and Hertford Counties and portions of
Martin, Edgecombe, HaIifax, Vance and
N.c.c. s. S 120-1 (a) .

of Northampton
Gates, Bertie,
Warren Counties.



fn response, the defendants state that they do not oppose the

motionr So long as any order on permanent relief takes into account

the fact that reapportionment may be necessary following the 1990

census.

Accordingly, it is hereby

ORDERED that the defendants are permanently

enjoined to use the House and Senate election districts discussed

herein subject to reapportionment following the I990 census.

May 30, 1985.

I'certify the foregoing to be a tnto

and correct coPY of 16s 6riginal'

J. Rich Leonard, Clerk

United States Olstrict irttrt
Eastern Drstrict o! Nortn Carolina

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geniB cult'

J. TDICKSON PHTLLIPS,
IT JUDGE

EA BRITT,
STATES

CHIEF
DISTRICT COU

DISTRICT J

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