Motion for Extension of Time

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Matter
- Gingles
Case
- Thornburg v. Gingles
U.S. state
- North Carolina
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
Identifier
- 6c1b11dc-d892-ee11-be37-6045bddb811f

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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Motion for Extension of Time, 1981. 6c1b11dc-d892-ee11-be37-6045bddb811f. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/b291a338-8c39-4d10-a15e-bf4079c7c513/motion-for-extension-of-time. Accessed December 03, 2025.

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    IN THE
FOR THE E

RALPH GINGLES, et a1

Plainti
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RUFUS L. EDMISTEN, C

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Now come the de

showing to the Court

(1) On Septemb

Clerk an Order grant

(unti1 November 6, 1

to the Complaint in
(Z) On October

the Court to stay a1

need for Defendants

pending reconsiderat

State House of Repre

and further pending

General as to the le

for the State House

ional districts, as

Constitution.

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need not file respon

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RALEIGH DIVISION

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MOTION FOR
EXTENSION OF TIME

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endants in the above-captioned action,
the following:

r 29, 1981, Defendants obtained from the

ng them an additional thirty (30) days

81) in which to file responsive pleadings

his action;

21, 1981, Defendants filed a motion praying

proceedings in the action, including the

o file responsive pleadings to the Complaint,

on by the North Carolina Legislature of its
entatives and Senate apportionment plans

determination by the United States Attorney

ality of North Carolinars apportionment plans

f Representatives, State Senate, and Congress-

e11 as certain provisions of the State

dants pray the Court for an 0rder that they

ive pleadings to this action until such time

or declines to grant, Defendantst October 27,

such time as the Court Orders that the



Respectively s

L981.

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tted, this t,]ne 30 day of October,

RUF'US L. EDMTSTTN
ATTORNEY GENSRAL

Post Office Box 629
Raleigh, North Carolj.na 27602
Telephone: (919) 733-3377

Norma HarreLl
Tiare Smiley
Assistant Attorneys General

Attorney GenetraL -/Legal efiairs a/
rney Generalrs Office

North Carolina Department of Justice



I hereby certif

Motion for Extensio

placing a copy of s

postage prepaid, Eld

rhis tn" 30

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

that f have this day served the foregoing

of Time upon plaintiffs I attorneys by

id Motion in the Unlted States Post Office,
essed to:

Leslie I{inner
J. Levonne Chambers
Chaml:ers, Ferguson, Watt, WaJ-I-as,

Adkins & Fullerr P.A.
951 South Independence Boulevard
Charlotte, North CaroLl-na 28202

Jack Greenberg
James M. \Iabrit, fII
Napoleon B. I'tril1iams, Jr,
10 Columbus Circle
New York, Nevr York 1001-9

y of October, 1981.

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