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

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

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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 July 01, 2025.

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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.

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