Correspondence from Winner to Suitts

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Matter
- Gingles
Case
- Thornburg v. Gingles
U.S. state
- North Carolina
Collection
- Case Files
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- fa5b9861-de92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873

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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Correspondence from Winner to Suitts, 1983. fa5b9861-de92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/a0e39189-6754-46e0-9070-ac92ed65af82/correspondence-from-winner-to-suitts. Accessed December 04, 2025.

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CHAMBERS, FERGUSON, WATT, WALLAS, ADKINS & FULLER. P.A.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SUITE 73O EAST INOEPENDENCE PLAZA

95I SOUTH INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 24202
TELEPHONE (704) 375-4461

JULIUS LEVONNE CHAMBERS

JAMES E. FERGUSON, II

MELVIN L. WATT

JONATHAN WALLAS

KARL ADKINS

JAMES C, FULLER. JR,

YVONNE MIMS EVANS

JOHN W GRESHAM

RONALO L, GIBSON

GILDA F, GLAZER

LESLIE J, WINNER

JOHN T. NOCKLEBY'

.OF O.C. BAR ALSO

lularch 24, 1983

Mr. Steve Suitts
Southern Regional Council
161 Spring Floor, 8th Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Dear Steve:
Re: Gingles v. Edmisten

I am back in one of my moods to work getting Gingles v.
Edmisten ready for trial-. The state

55e5 .1re BurrtB L() l')e arrg, DeloLe Eoo lon$r wewill have to prepare a pre-trial order which includes al.ist of our exhibits. In addition. the stare is willino rl.ist of our exhibits. rn addition, the state is wilLing toenter into stipulatj.ons with us if we can get the information
together which we want to have stipulated.-
According to my notes, /ou have agreed to do the fo11-owing:

1.' Obtain a witness to testify about the history
of discrimination in registration and voting.

2. Talk ro Al-ex Willingham abour rhe possibility
of testifying about the lingering Lffects of-past discrimination.

3. Catalog Laws and time of use of the various
devices which make it more difficuLt for
minority candidates to be elected (i.e., single
shot vote 1aws, etc.).

4. Locate a study about the tenancy of black con-stituents to contact black elected officials.
rn_ addition, r have not had any luck in coming up with a politi-
9a1 linguist or anyone_ who can testify about iubtle raciai appeals
in elections. rf you have any ideas about that, please Let mL
know.

on
is

Mr. Steve Suitts
Nlarch 24, 1983
Page 2

We are proceeding with the bJ-oc voting analysis and Bernie
Grofman has almost al-l" of the data which he needs by now.
His preliminary determination about Mecklenburg County is
that, while bl-oc voting is not absol-ete, it is-sufficient
to stop any but the most popular of candidates from being
elected.

Youwere al-so going to check with Gordan Henderson about
maping. trlhat was the result of that? As I told Lani, it
looks like we are not going to settle this case so r^re might
as well do it right and make a serious attempt to win.

Hope you are doing wel-l.

Sincerely,

4uh. tt/,,*:^
Leslie J. Winner

LJI,I: ddb
cc: Ms. Lani Guinier

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