Ex Parte Motion for an Extension of Time for Filing Petition for Rehearing and/or Suggestion for En Banc Consideration

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LDF Attorneys
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- 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
- Eric Schnapper
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- c3d21d1f-e392-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873

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Case Files, Chisom Hardbacks. Ex Parte Motion for an Extension of Time for Filing Petition for Rehearing and/or Suggestion for En Banc Consideration, 1988. 4222a4d9-f411-ef11-9f89-0022482f7547. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/54f85e05-a59e-49f7-b2de-d70996d115c1/ex-parte-motion-for-an-extension-of-time-for-filing-petition-for-rehearing-andor-suggestion-for-en-banc-consideration. Accessed April 06, 2025.

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    IN THE 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

NO. 87-3463 

RONALD CHISOM, ET AL. 
Plaintiffs-Appellants 

VERSUS 

EDWIN EDWARDS, ET AL. 
Defendants-Appellees 

EX PARTE MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME 
, FOR FILING PETITION FOR REHEARING AND/OR 

SUGGESTION FOR EN BANC CONSIDERATION 

Pursuant to Local Rules 27.1.6 and 35.4, 

Defendants-Appellees, through undersigned counsel, move the 

Court to grant an extension of time for filing a petition for 

rehearing and for suggestion for en banc consideration on 

rehearing in the above captioned case. Undersigned counsel of 

record in this case is leaving the employ of the Louisiana 

Department of Justice, and Defendants-Appellees require 

additional time to secure substitute counsel. 

CERTIFICATE OF STERVW _ 
I certify that a copy at tt,e, fOregPin POOln been 
served upon counsel tot all p*O* l;))b Fr.04n$ same 
to each, properly eXressed and prigt#g* prepajd 

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Respectfully submitted, 

t WILLIAM J. GUSTE, JR. 
‘,ATTORNEY GE 

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SISTANT- TTORNEY GENERAL 

LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
234 LOYOLA AVE., 7TH FLOOR 
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70112 
TELEPHONE: (504) 568-5575 

Attorneys for Defendants-
Appellees

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