Correspondence from Winner to Wallace; Preliminary Request for Documents and Information Concerning Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment

    ti.r-, ,

JULIUS Lar'ONNE CHAMBERIi
JAMES E FERGUSON. II
MELVIN L WATT

JONATHAN WALLASi

KARL AOKINS

JAMES C. FULLER. JR
WONNE MIMS Elr'ANS

JOHN W. GRESHAM

R<'NALO L GIBSON

GILDA F. GLAiZER

LESUE J. WINNER

JOHN I. NOCKLEBY'

. oF o. c. lai oNLY

CHAMBERS, FERGUSON, WATT, WALLAS, ADKINS & FULLER. P.A
ATTORNF/S A7 LAW

SUITE 73O EAS.r INOEPENOENCE PIIZA
95I SOUTH INOEPENDENCE BOULEVARO

CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLTNA 2A2O2 -27 g 6
TELEPHONE (7041 375-846r

October 19, 1981

Mr. James Wallace, Jr.
Deputy Attorney General

for Legal Affairs
N.C. Attorney General's Office
Post Office Box 629
Raleigh, North Carolina 27602

Re: Ralph Gingles, €t al. v. Rufus
Edmisten, et aI.; No. 81-803-CIV-5

4s is obvious, r did not leave my list of docr:ments for you on
ITld"y night. -r do appreciare your Erranging for me ro use rhef-ibrary on Friday night. That iras a greaL rrElp fo'r me.

I have attached to thi.s letter the list which I would have left.r arn sure r will see you_ or talk to you before you receive this,but if not, give rne a call when you do receive it.
Sincerely,

,4wl;
rcK{. t. winner

LJW: ddb
Enclosure
cc: Napoleon l,Iilliams w/enc.



Ctie t

ofI. InformaEion
the General

PRELIMINARY REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS AND
INTORMATION CONCERNING LEGISI,ATIVE
AND CONGRESSIONAL REAPPORTIONMENT

about redistricEing during the 198I Session
As semblv

a. The names of the legislators who were members ofcormittees, subconrmittees, or supersubqsrmilfgss concerned witheither1egis1ativeorcongr.eSsioiraIredistricting

b. The names of all state euproyees,who gave ad,vice or pre-pared information for the conrmitteei oi subcotr-fttees on-iegisia-tive or Congressional redistricting.
c. For each of these.,. please ind.icate the capacity in whichthe staff members servedandhis or her addresi.

_--,_._d.. copies of the minutes of the House, senate, or jointredistricting- comnrittees and subcommittees for redisiricting theGeneral Assembly or Congressional Districts.
e. Copies of or access to tapes of the corrmittee or sub-con'mittee meetings and copi.es of any transcriptions of those tapes.

by the cenrmlggsss or subctn'mittles and the name or ifiE -p"iro" 
sub-mitting the nap or plan plus all supporting documenEs and.'any staffanalysis of the plan ' e

g. 
- CoPies of all memos from the legislative staff or otherstate employees t9 lggi.lators concerning"legisfative-oi ;;d;;;;ionalredistricting including instructions, guid.llrr.r, uactlio;;d infor-ItraEton, etc.

h. - Copies of all docr:.uents which contain an analysis of or dataconcerning the racial qornposition of counties or proposed legisfa--tive or congressional districts which were preparld Lv lesiirativestaff or other state governmenE employees-rbi-is;-ty-i";i3i".o="
i. Copies o-f-3f! correspondence from North Carolina Congress-men or members of their staff-s to the legi-slative rt"iil-tfr. Speakerof the House, the Lieutenant Governor, or-the coynrrlittee chai-rman orsubcommittee chairuan and the responses to this correspondence.

. j : - Copies of all standards .and guidelines adopted by any ofthe redistricting corrrmi.ttees or subcoiit;;;;.'



G-(, r c

- k. -copies g5-"ry rvritten stateEents or requests made bymeubers of the public and submitted to a redistricting corr-itleeOr SubcOnrmittee

. 1._ c-opies-of- correspondence to the legislative staff orto the speaker of the llouse, the Lieutenant dovernor, or theccnrmittee chairman- from- anyone -offerring technical or copputerassistance to the legislature for redisEricting and the responsesto those offers.
m. A copy of the vote on the floor of the House and of thesenate on each redistricting birl- whlch,was proposed or adopted

and on each amendment to eacE of the biIls whlthlr or not th; amend-ment was adopted.

n.. Copies-of all requests for info:mation or for assistanceconcerning legislative or Congressi-ona1 redistricting from-;t-ilrb.tof glg legislarure ro a membei of rhe legislatir.-"ifuf and thestaff's response to the requests

o. All memos from the Speaker of the llouse or the LieutenantGovernor to members of the redistricting corrmittees or subcornmitteesconcerning congressional or state legislative redistrictj.ng.
P. Meuos from the redistricting conrmlgg"e or subcommitteechairman to committee meobers excl-udiig routine notices of 

"o*itt""meetings

II. TLrg following ?equesrs for jnforoation
L966- Special Session of the Legislarureof the General Asseubly. Each-r.qrr.ri-

concern the January
and the L967 Session

is for both sessionsunless olherwise indicated.
a. The npmes and current address, if known, of arl membersof the corrmittees or subcor,rmittees wtricrr \ilere concerned with thel9gi.slative apportionment plan uaopi.a-in 1956 a.ra-oi-ttre cornm{ggsssw-hich reco"n''ended rhe adoption ;l tlq -crfortionroent-provisions ofthe North Carolina constitution in igOl'."

_ .b. copies of all conrmittee and subcorrmittee minuEeshearing records. coTcer-ning the L966 apporti-onment-prir, o,Carolina constiEurional piovisions in' \iOl .

.c: Copies of all proposedalternatives or riraft constitutionalprovisions for apportiorunent whether mad.e by .t"ii ,"d;;;;-;;;;[;"members, other lLgislators, or tfre puUfic.
d. copies o.f all proposed alternative uaps or plans foraPPortionment of the General Asserably propo".a-6y i.gi.i.iir"-sraff,other governnent emPloyees, conrmittel nemoers, other nembers of the

and public
the North

a



rlri!

legi-slattlre, or the pubLic for use during the january, Lg66 sessionof the legislature.
e. copies of all bills, resolutions, coumittee substitutes,

cornmigg"e amendments, or amendments made on the floor of either theHouse or the Senate concerning legislative apportionment in 1966
. or L967.

f.. A copy of the vote on each app-ortion,ent bill or any
PlgPosed amendment to it on the floor 6i the l1ouse or the Senate inL966 and in L967.

g' Copies _of all staff reconlmendations, guidelines, instructions,or background information given to the menberi 6r-tt "-r"ti"r"t,r=" oi- --'the relevant conmittees concerning.the- Lg66 apportior*"ni ana conceiningthe L96l adoption of the consrituEional pro.riliorr".
h.. CoP-ie-s of -any statenents submitted to the relevant qsnmillsgs

- . i Copies 9f any rnemos between a member or oembers of the
lqgfslature and Alex Brock or the Board of Elections concerning theL965 aPPoltionment or_concernilg the adopticn of the relevant pro-visions of rhe North carorina cdnsrituriln in 1967.

, ,^j. A copy gf the reqort of che Legislative Researeh Coqrnicsionor L96 / ol aPPortionment of the General Assembly and copies of themi-nutes of that research gsnmission in so far a-s they 
"i"""=r, appor-tionment of the General Assembly.

F. Any memorandr:m or report of members of the legislative staffor other employees of the Statl governnent to a member or members ofthe legislaturb written in 1965,-L966, oi-tisl, cooc.ining-ifu-irp""rof the Voring Rights Acr

-3-