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May 30, 1986

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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Order, 1986. 1c7287bc-e192-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/e7ef70ed-52f5-4234-9525-45977ab84515/order. Accessed May 22, 2025.
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA RALEIGH DIVISION JUt{ I8S J. RICH LEONARD, CLERK No. 8r-Bo r,,.[Effiiit: 3lH* ORDER --_fJLED RATPB GINGLES, €t aI., Plaintiffs vs. RUFUS EDII{ISTEN, €t dI., Defendants By order dated December 5, L985, this court granted plaintiffs' motion for an order establishing a pernanent method of election to the North Carolina House of Representatives in House Districts 8, 70, 7L and 72 which are situated in Wilson, Edgecombe and Nash Counties and enjoined the defendants to continue to use those election districts as outlined in the courtrs October 30, 1984 order in connection with all elections to be held in those counties pending the appeal of this action. Plaintiff-intervenors have now filed a motion requesting the court to modify the Decenber 5 order by eliminating the "pending appeal" qualification with respect to those districts and by also ordering a permanent method of election in North Carolina Senate District 2.L As grounds for this motion, plaintiff-intervenors assert that none of these districts are involved in the appeal presently pending in the Supreme Court, and that permanent relief is therefore appropriate. 1. Senate District 2 is composed of Northampton and Hertford Counties and Portions of Gates, Bertie, ltartin, Edgecombe, Halifax, Vance and Warren Counties. N.C.c.S. S 120-1 (a) . In response, the defendants state that they do not oppose the motionr so long as any order on permanent relief takes into account the fact that reapportionnent may be necessary following the 1990 census. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the defendants are permanently enjoined to use the House and Senate election districts discussed herein subject to reapportionment following the 1990 eensus. UNITED STATES EA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COU Itlay 30, 1986. l-certify the foregoing to be e tnre and correct coPY ol 16s 6riginal' J. Rich Leonard, Clerk United States Dlstrici ictrt Eastern Drstrict d Nor$r Garolina *l$-fqslu}(- Dctrliu fl' / F. T. DUPREE, UNITED STATES Page 2