Hardback 5 Inventory

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May 25, 1983

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  • Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Attorney Notes Page 35, 1983. e4a95948-e092-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/616107c9-7616-4938-b3b0-9e80eac245af/attorney-notes-page-35. Accessed April 06, 2025.

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this finding is essentially a repeat of

their argument that the only fact which is

important is the extent of electoral

success in one post-litigation election

year | 1982. Not only is this argument

erroneous as a matter of law, see PP'

, 9!!Ie, but also it ignores the

finding of the three judges with which

heard the evidence that "there v'ere enough

obviously aberrational aspects Present in

the most recent elections, to make the

beginning of a trend of black electoral

success "sheer speculation". IINSERT B]

There had never been any electoral success

in House District 8 or in a Senate

District covering any of the counties in

Senate District *2, nor had there been

electoral success in Senate District 22

si nce 1 978.

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