Correspondence from Winner to Guinier, Derfner, and Suitts

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July 28, 1986

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Matter
- Gingles
Case
- Thornburg v. Gingles
U.S. state
- North Carolina
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
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- d76c6828-dd92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873

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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Correspondence from Winner to Guinier, Derfner, and Suitts, 1986. d76c6828-dd92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/cae2d6ca-b5bd-4171-a95f-6ef00a67a66a/correspondence-from-winner-to-guinier-derfner-and-suitts. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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,'\FERGUSON, STEIN, WATT, WALLAS & ADKINS, P.A.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SUITE 73O EAST INDEPENDENCE PLAZA 2O9 NORTH COLUMBIA STREET

95 I SOUTH I NOEPENDENCE BOULEVARD CHAPEL HILL' NORTH CAROLINA 275 I 4

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28202
TELEPHONE (704)375-446 r

AOAM STEIN

MELVIN L. WATT

JONATHAN WALUS

KARL AOKINS

YVONNE MIMS EVANS

JOHN W. GRESHAM

LESLIE J. WINNER

JOHN T. NOCKLEBY

GERALOINE SUMTER

FRANK E. EMORY, JR.

THOMAS M. STERN

TELEPHONE (9 r 9) 933-5300

IN CHAPEL HILL

AOAM STEIN

THOMAS M, STERN

July 28, 1986

Ms. Lani Guinier
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational

Fund, Inc.
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor
New York, New York 10013

Mr. Armand Derfner
229 Kings and Queen Building
145 King Street
Post Office Box 608
Charlestonr South Carolina 29402

Mr. Steve Suitts
Southern Regional Council
161 Spring Street, N.W.
AtIanta, Georgia 30303

Re: Thornburq v. Ginqles

Dear Friends:

I have now moved on to the next stage of the Gingles litigation
which is collecting our fees. f would }ike to get together a
total of our time and expenses as soon as possible so that we
can present it to the State. I am not sure how likely it is
that the State will resolve the fee question with us amicably,
but that seems worth a tryr and if they won't, I would like to
go on and get a petition filed.
Please get me a list of what you think are your compensable time
and expenses in this matter as soon as possible. (How about
August 15?) Lani, if marital festivities and moving make this
impossible for your please just let me know when I can expect to
receive an estimate from you. I assume that Lani will get
together aII of LDFrs various lawyers time and expenses.



JuIy 28, 1985
Page Two

If you think we need to talk about thisr give me a caII. If
not, rny inclination is to let Jon Wallas, of this office, handle
this. He is experienced at handling attorney fee litigation, is
aggressive, and will be less modest than I about how much we are
worth.

Finally, if you know of anyone else who may have compensable
time and expensesr please let me know so that f can collect the
information I nged from them.

Thanks for your help.

Sincerely,
r.l(zAtnL u

I /l'uaw-- (/-Le5lie J. Winner

tJW: cf d
cc: Mr. J. LeVonne Chambers

Mr. Eric Schnapper

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