Update on N.C. Reapportionment
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January 8, 1982
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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Update on N.C. Reapportionment, 1982. 7eacb999-d892-ee11-be37-6045bddb811f. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/f9c4d84e-7e47-4ba6-866f-a45f94cd9f1e/update-on-nc-reapportionment. Accessed November 23, 2025.
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UPDATB - N.C. Reapportionment Ll8/82
I. Department of Justice
A. Objected to Constitutional Amendment, Senate and
Congressional p1ans.
B. House plan pending - decision must be made by
January 20, L982.
C. Note: It is debatable whether or not the State
constitutional amendment can be applied to the
60 non-$5 counties.
4.. II. nepublican r.awsuitI r.'
A. It has been removed to the Eastern District of North
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B. Answer due soon.
C. NorEh Carolina Attorney General plans to move to
consolidate.
C' rrr Lesisrative
A. Has not scheduled new session - aPParently House and
Se.nate can't asree when.
B. Senate plans to redistrict - sPlitting some countys
brrt not single member districts.
!,|,n"*,C. House is fighting to keep its plan.
D. Apparently the Congressional plan will be done over,
putting durham in Second District.
/.- Iv. Gingles v. Edmisten
Lr' A. Discovery
1. Deadline February L9, L982.
2. Motion to Quash denied. No depositions scheduled.
3. No interrogatories or requests to produce scheduled.
B. Class Certification
Motion mostly prepared - Attorney General- will tell us
on January 11, whether they will consent. Ihey are con-
cerned about overlapping class of republicans.
C. Motion for Sunrmary Judguent - possibly ripe for
1. Senate Plan
2. Congress Plan
' D. Order that we be ready for final pretrial conference by
February L9, L982
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V. Inforual Discoverv
A. I,let with McNeil Snith yielding a few ideas about proving
unresponsiveness .
B. Met with John Brooks.
VI. Computer -
A. All counties on comPuter by township.
B. I'IecklenburB, Gaston, Guilford, Forsythe, Orange, Cumberland,
Wake on computer by enr:neration district.
C. Still working on Durham, New Hanover, Buncombe.
D. Has Senate plan with 4-5 rnajority minority districts.
E. Anticipates House plan by January L6, L982.'
F. Program not interactive - much work being done by hand.
VII Historian report promised by Januarylig, L982.
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