Attorney Notes Pages 1618-1619

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LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorney
- Leslie J. Winner
Organization
- NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc.
Matter
- Gingles
Case
- Thornburg v. Gingles
U.S. state
- North Carolina
Collection
- Case Files
Creator
- Lani Guinier
Taxonomy
Identifier
- a05a54f0-e092-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873

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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Attorney Notes Pages 1618-1619, 1982. a05a54f0-e092-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/a22bf5ac-90ef-41d8-95f5-d9c9a3e3d24d/attorney-notes-pages-1618-1619. Accessed April 06, 2025.

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