Gingles v. Edmisten and Pugh v. Hunt and Cavanagh v. Brock Motion to Consolidate

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
RALEIGH DIVISION

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RALPH GINGLES, et dl .,
Pla'intiffs,

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RUFUS EDMISTEN, etc., et a1.,
Defend ant s .

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ALAN V. PUGH, et dl., )
Plaintiffs, )

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JAMES B. HUNT, JR., etc., €t dl., )

Defendants. )

J0HN J. CAVANAGH, et a'l ',Plaintiffs,

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ALEX K. BR0CK, etc., et al. i

Defend ants .

MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE

CoME NOhl the defendants in each of the above-entitled act'ions, and move the

court to order a complete consol'idatjon of the above-entitled act'ions, for all

purposes, pursuant to Rule 42(a) of the Federa'l Rules of Civil Procedure.

In support of the nrotion, and as grounds therefor, defendants state:

1. Each of the above ent'it'led actions challenges the apport'ionment plans for

the House of Representatives and Senate of the North Carol'ina General Assembly,

although pla'int'iffs John J. Cavanagh, et al ., have challenged only those portions

of the p'lans jnsofar as they pertain to Forsyth County.

2. Each action involves common questions of law and fact relating to.the enact-

ment of redistrict'ing plans for the North Carolina House and Senate in compliance

with the United States Constitution, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 51973)

and the North Carolina Const'itution. Relief, if any, granted to any of the p'laintiffs

relating to legislative apport'ionment must be consistent.

q. The defendants in each act'ion are essentially the same, although plaintiffs

John J, Cavanagh, et a1., have named only the Executive Director and members of

the North Carolina State Board of Elections as defendants, wtrile plaint'iffs Ralph

Gingles, et dl., and Alan V. Pugh, et al., have included as defendants addit'ional

State off icers acting in their off ic'ial capac'it'ies.

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4. The defendants' defenses to

rel ated.

5. Each act'ion seeks to represent a class

and who seek'relief which may be inconsistent'

No prejud'ice to any party wiI.l result from

Consolidatjon w'i1l avoid multipf icity of su'its,

thet'ical judgments, w'i1l save considerable time

and a1 I part i es , wi 1 1 exped'i te the present at'ion

and wil I be in the furtherance of justice '

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each action are the same or inseparably inter-

wtrich includes overlapp'ing members

a consolidation of said act'ions.

w'i1l avoid conflicting or anti-

and expense for the court, counsel ,

of evi'dence at tri al' Proceedings,

Ra'leigh, North Carolina 27602
Tel ephone : ( 919 ) 733- 3377

Norma Harrel'l
Ti are B. Srni 1ey
Assi stant AttorneYs Genera'l

John L as s'i ter
Associ ate Attorney General

Jerri s Leonard
Kathleen Heenan ."
Jerrj s Leonard & Associ ates, P.C.
900 17th Street, N.W.
Suite 1020
trJashington, D.C. 20006
Te'lephone : 1202) 872-1095

Attorneys for Defendants

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Respectful'ly subm'itted, th'is the /) day of May, 1982'

RUFUS L. EDMISTEN
ATTORNEY GENERAL

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Attorney General

Post Office Box 629

/ Legal Affairs
. Department of Justice



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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have th'is day served the forego'ing Motion to Consol'idate

upon plaintiffs, Attorneys by p'lacing a copy of same in the United States Post

Office, postage prepaid, addressed to:

J. Levonne Chambers
Lesl i e l,linner
Chambers , Ferguson, t'latt , Wa1 1 as '

Adk'i ns & Ful 1er , P .A.
951 South IndePendence Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina 28?0?

Jack Greenberg
James M. Nabrit, III
Lani Guinier
10 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019

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Arthur J. Donaldson
Burke, Dona'ldson, Holshouser & Kenerly
309 North Mai n Street
SalisburY, North Carolina 28144

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Robert N. Hunter, Jr. /
Attorney at Law
Post Office Box 3245
201 West Market Street
Greensboro , North Carol 'i n a 27 402

Hamjlton C. Horton, Jr.
Whiting, Horton and Hendrick

' 450 NCNB Pl aza
t.l'inston-Sa1em, North Carol i na 27101

Wayne T. El I 'iot , Esq . /
Southeastern Legal Foundation
1800 Century Bou'levard, Suite 950
Atl anta, Georgi a 30345

Thi s the /L day

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