Letter from Lani Guinier to Leslie Winner, Esq. RE: Johnson v. Halifax

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LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorney
- Leslie J. Winner
Organization
- NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc.
Matter
- Gingles
Case
- Thornburg v. Gingles
U.S. state
- North Carolina
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
Identifier
- 3f242444-d392-ee11-be37-00224827e97b

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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Letter from Lani Guinier to Leslie Winner, Esq. RE: Johnson v. Halifax, 1984. d6bc4ce1-e592-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/c5480529-0821-4aa5-a22e-c004d9c8ed2f/letter-from-lani-guinier-to-leslie-winner-esq-re-johnson-v-halifax. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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May 29, 1984

Leslie Winner, ES9.
Chambers, Eerguson, Watt, Wallas

Adkins & Fu1ler
951 S. IndePendence Plaza
Suite 730
Charlotte, N. C. 28202

RE: Johnson v. Halifax

In response to your May 23 letter, I suggest you
prepare a separate budget for the Section 5

declaratory judgment action and an amended budget
for the Section 2 case. Please indicate in the
Section 2 case how much money has already been
spent or conrmitted.

Thanks.

Sincerely,

Lani Guinier

LG/r

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Letter to Lani Guinier and Steve Suitts

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