Correspondence from Smiley to Clerk Re: Substitution of Named Defendants

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April 18, 2001

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  • Case Files, Cromartie Hardbacks. Correspondence from Smiley to Clerk Re: Substitution of Named Defendants, 2001. 19a10e82-e50e-f011-9989-002248226c06. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/caf65e78-197a-4427-a0c0-fc3a1b105504/correspondence-from-smiley-to-clerk-re-substitution-of-named-defendants. Accessed June 14, 2025.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL P OQ: BOX 629 REPLY TO: Tiare B. Smiley 

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FAX: (919) 716-6763 

April 18, 2001 

Frank Lorson 

Office of the Clerk 

Supreme Court of the United States 
One 1st Street. NE 

Washington, DC 20543 

Re: Hunt v. Cromartie, No. 99-1864 

Dear Mr. Lorson: 

This is to advise you of the substitution, pursuant to Rule 35.3, of four defendants in the above 

referenced case who were parties only in their official capacities. Please note the following changes 
as the originally named parties have left office: 

Michael F. Easley, Governor of North Carolina, for James B. Hunt 

Beverly Perdue, Lieutenant Governor, for Dennis Wicker 

Rose Vaughn Williams, member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections. for S. 
Katherine Burnette, and 

Dawn Baxton. member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, for Faiger Blackwell. 

Sincerely, 

ie B a 
Tiare B. Smiley 

Special Deputy Attorney General     

CC: All Counsel

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