00842.xml ALAN W. WEINBLATT: An Inventory of his Legislative Reapportionment Case Files at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul, MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid by Meagan Kellom and David B. PetersonFebruary 2011 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Weinblatt, Alan W. Legislative reapportionment case files. 1970-1992. Materials in English. Legal case files of a St. Paul attorney pertaining to three lawsuits in which he represented the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in cases involving the reapportionment of Minnesota state legislative districts and Minnesota Congressional districts: Beens v. Erdahl, 1971; LaComb v. Growe, 1981; and Cotlow v. Growe, 1991. 11.0 cubic feet (11 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE

Alan W. Weinblatt attended the University of Minnesota, earning a bachelor's degree in 1965 and a law degree in 1968. He was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1968, and to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1972. He was a member of the St. Paul law firm of Weinblatt and Gaylord, where his primary areas of practice were new business start-up (entrepreneurship), real estate development, and campaign finance and election law. He represented the Democratic Farmer Labor Party and its candidates for many years. Weinblatt was a member of the board of directors (1971-1976) and president (1973-1975) of Ramsey Couty Legal Assistance; District Court Commissioner, Dakota County (1979-1982); president of the Anti Defamation League (1983-1985); a member of the board of trustees of the American Jewish Historical Society (1994-1999); and Minnesota State Advisory Committee Chairman of U.S. Civil Rights Commission (1998- ).

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Topics: Apportionment (Election law) -- Minnesota. Lawyers -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Organizations: Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION 131.H.13.1B Richard A. Beens, et al. v. Arlen Erdahl et al. Case No. 4-71 Civ. 151, 1971-1972: Transcript and motions. James R. Schwebel, et al. v. Arlen Erdahl et. al. Case No. 4-71 Civ. 187. Plans of others, 5 folders. Population data. Weinblatt plans. 131.H.13.2F Important documents. Research notes and drafts. Census, 1970. Taxation of costs. Research, working files and notes. 2 folders. Districts map, 1971. Motions and journals. 3 volumes. Sharon La Comb, et al. v. Joan Growe. Case Nos. 4-81 Civil 152 and 4-81 Civil 414, 1981-1982: No. 4-81 Civil 152. Memorandum opinion, order, and plan of apportionment. 1 volume. Exhibit A. No. 81-1770. Laverne Orwoll, et al. v. Sharon LaComb, et al. 131.H.13.3B Working files, 2 folders. No. 4-81 Civ. 152. Court file. Reapportionment, 1980-1981. No. 4-81 Civ. 414. Senate Exhibit B. No. 4-71 Civ. 151. No. 81-1770. Orwoll, et al. v. LaComb, et al. Nos. 4-71 Civ. 151/4-81 Civ. 152/4-81 Civ. 414. No. 4-81 Civ. 414. Senate Exhibit D.

Includes maps.

No. 4-81 Civ. 414. Plaintiff's proposed plan. News clippings and correspondence, undated and 1982. Minnesota Statue amendments, 1984-1985. 131.H.13.4F Correspondence and miscellany. No. 81-1410 (A). Appeal subfile. No. 4-81 Civil 152. Memorandum opinions, plans and orders. 2 volume. Intervenor's plan. Working files and notes, 1981. No. 81-1410. Congressional redistricting. Research files: 1982 cases. 2 folders. No. 4-81 Civil 152. Plaintiff's plan of reapportionment: Senate. No. 4-81 Civil 152. Plaintiff's plan of reapportionment: House. 131.H.13.5B Congressional final plan, court submission. Senate. 3 folders. House. No. 4-81 Civ. 152. Maps: Split precincts and municipalities, 2 folders. Correspondence, maps and miscellany. Duluth municipalities, 1976. 7 rolled maps. Duluth precincts, 1981. 1 rolled map.

Includes Weinblatt annotations.

Minnesota municipalities, 1976. 31 rolled maps. 131.H.13.6F Patricia Cotlow et al. v. Joan Growe et al. Case No. C8-91-985, 1991: Legal research. Original outline of computer presentation to the court, 1991. Final order. Research publications, 1991. Population research, 1990-1991. 2 folders. Plaintiff-Intervener's reports, 1991. 2 folders. Bandemer issue. Research files. 3 folders. Cases, 1980. Drafts. 131.H.13.7B Pleadings. Congressional plan and Plaintiff-Intervenor reports, 1991. 2 volumes. Congressional Plaintiff reports. 1 volume. Plaintiff reports. 1 volume. Legislative plan, chapter 246. 3 volumes. 131.H.13.8F James Emison, et al. v. Joan Growe, et al. No. 4-91-202. Order and plans of redistricting, 1992. 1 volume. Patricia Cotlow, et al. v. James Emison, et. al. No. 91-1084. Jurisdictional statement, appendix and motions. 3 volumes. Joan Growe, et al. v. James Emison, et al. No. 91-1420. Briefs, motions, objections, jurisdictional statements and appendicies. 13 volumes. Legal research: Supreme Court. Supreme Court pleadings. 3 folders. Supreme Court decision. Emison pleadings. 2 folders. 131.H.13.9B Emison pleadings. 3 folders. Emison: Memorandum, Opinion and Order. Emison working files, correspondence and miscellany. 4 folders. Subject files: Cotlow et al. v. Growe et. al.: Master list of subfiles. Cotlow et al. v. Growe et. al.: Veto litigation file. Cotlow non-party communication. Attempts to remove to Federal Court. Federal plan: Political ramifications. Newspaper clippings. Plaintiffs. Population information and correspondence, 1990-1991. Supreme Court notes, memos and drafts. Telephone numbers. 131.H.13.10F 8th Circuit Protective Appeal. Badham v. Fong Eu. Benson v. Growe. Concurrent Jurisdiction: Emison. Congressional data: District 6. Cotlow Congressional Plan request. Cotlow v. Emison: Citation to Opinion. Emison: Voting Rights Act. Federal Court: District 59. Gerrymander. Lacomb. Law review articles. Legislative history. Minimum tinkering cases. Minnesota constitution. NCSL seminar. No. 4-81 Civ. 414. Pending in other states. Pretrial Order No. 6. Racial balance. Reapportionment beginnings, 1990. Redistricting research. Research. Scott v. Germano. State court action. Supreme Court brief re-draft. Supreme Court petition: Veto matter. 131.H.12.10F Abstention: Emison. Census. White v. Weiser. Constitutional principals. Constitutional criteria. Recusal. Emison stipulation validity. Cotlow: Governor's attempted veto. Congressional plans. Three judge court. Computer software options. Legislature's congressional plans. Proposed legislative counterclaim. Explanation of technical corrections. Proposed congressional districts: Metropolitan area. Legislative plan: Metes and bounds description. Individual complaints. Stipulation and order approving. Consultants. Senate district population, 1991. Census adjustment. Leaders letters. Possible 5th District map. Bohannan, Mark. Original stipulation. Undercount/overcount. Present districts: Population deviations. Legislative intervention: State case. Preliminary census data. Prior reapportionments. Levy, Judge Roberta. Blank maps. Legislative criteria. Post census local data review. Legislative hardware/software. Reserved issues. White Bear Lake resolution. Preliminary congressional numbers. District descriptions. Preliminary legislative redistricting. Paddock Township. Correspondence. 3 folders.