Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Williams, Karlan, Hair, Ellis, Wright, Murphy, Schnapper, and Derfner Re Recent Springfield, Illinois Decision
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January 30, 1987

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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Williams, Karlan, Hair, Ellis, Wright, Murphy, Schnapper, and Derfner Re Recent Springfield, Illinois Decision, 1987. 9f53f2e9-ea92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/b6f57e6a-f246-43f3-a56f-380c4f3202d6/correspondence-from-lani-guinier-to-williams-karlan-hair-ellis-wright-murphy-schnapper-and-derfner-re-recent-springfield-illinois-decision. Accessed June 13, 2025.
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TIl"^o /-^ a Lani Gui nier January 30r 1987 To: Napoleon l{I1lLanE Pam Kar1an Penda HaLr Ron ElIlE Gail l{rlght Clyde Murphy Eric Schnapper Armand Derfner &: Recent Sprlnofleld, Illl.nois S2 declsion This ls one of, lf not, the flrst favorable declsion upholding a challenge to an at-large systen trUp-South.tr There are many J.nteresting aspects of the oplnJ,on, includlng the courtsiwllllngness to flnd blacks sufflcLently geographically concentrated to have one naJorlty black district based on atheoretlcal doubling of the nunber of distrlcts, and the courtst enumeration of offlciaL segregated policiee in Abe Lincolnrs hometown. Re: Buchanan v. Jackson, Napoleon, please note thecourtrs reJection of the I80 percent rule at p. 35, and its dismissal of the responsiveness lssue at p. 44. G/r Attach ,2.fu