Correspondence from Wallace to Clerk; Defendants' Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for Permanent Relief

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January 9, 1986

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Matter
- Gingles
Case
- Thornburg v. Gingles
U.S. state
- North Carolina
Collection
- Case Files
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- 70c166b3-d692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b

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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Correspondence from Wallace to Clerk; Defendants' Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for Permanent Relief, 1986. 70c166b3-d692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/dcba4c19-9155-4e59-8c00-f58ac9f75f9e/correspondence-from-wallace-to-clerk-defendants-response-to-plaintiffs-motion-for-permanent-relief. Accessed October 31, 2025.

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I.ACY H. THORNBURG

ATTORNEYGENER,{L

State of North Carollna
Department of Justlce

P.O. BOX 629
R.ALEIGH

2760.2-06.29

January 9, 1986

Cl erk
United States Dlstrlct Court
Eastern Dlstrict of North Carollna
Federal Bullding
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611

Re: Ralph Cingles, et a1 v. Lacy H. Thornburg,
No.81-803-CIV-5

Dear Sir:

Enclosed please find six copies of Defendantst Response t<l
Plaintiffs'/lntervenors' l'lotion for Permanent Relief in the above-
captioned action. Please be so kind as to return one stamped copy
to me.

Thank you for your asslstance.

Enclosures

JW, Jr.:jn

cc: A1len Foster
Les1le l,Iinner
Lanl Guinler



RALPH GINGLES, et al.,

v.

LACY H. THORNBURG, et al.

T'NITED STATBS DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA

RALEIGII DIVISION

No. 81-803-CIv-5

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DEFENDANTS' RESPONSE TO
PI,AINTIFFS' /INTERVENORS I

MOTION FOR PERMANENT
RELIEF

Defendants.

Defendants ln the above-captioned actlon, ln llght of this Courtrs
original order and Memorandum Oplnion of 27 January, 1984, advise the
Court that they choose to file no response, in opposition to Plirinttffst /
Intervenors' l'lotion for Permanent Relief which requests the establish-
ment of permanent election districts for representatjves to the North
Carolina House of Representatives from wilson, Naslr and Edgeconrbe

counties as set forth in N.c. Gen. stat. SI20-2 and the perrnanent

election district for the Senator from Senate District 1 as set forth
in N.c. Gen. stat. $120-1, to the extent that said motion requests
relief in those districts only until the Statets next regularly
scheduled redistricting following the I990 census.

This the I day of January, 1986.

LACY H. THORNBURC^,,;;:W&r
Jay'e{M. wafiacfi/.
A{siltant Attof,ney General
Pbr{ ottice Box 629

CAROLINA

Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-0629
(919) 733-72L8



CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certlfify that I have served the foregolng DEFENDANT'S RESPONSE

To PLATNTTtr'FS'/rNtenvglroRs' uorroN FoR PERMANENT RELIEF on alI partLes

by placing a copy thereof encLosed Ln a postage prepald properly

addressed lrrapper ln a post offlce or offlce deposltory under the

exclusLve care and 
",r"toay 

of the united states postal service,

addressed to:

Ms. Leslle J. Wlnner
Ferguson, Steln, Watt, I,lallas &

Adklns, P.A.
Suite 730, East Independence plaza
951 South Independence Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Mr. J. Levonne Chambers
Ms. Lani Guiner
99 Hudson Street
l6th Floor
New York, New York 10013

Mr. C. Al1en Foster
Foster, Conner, Robson & Gumbiner, P.A.
104 North EIm Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401

This the 7 day of January, 1986.

Jameg

t/

M. Wallac

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