NC League of Conservation Voters / Harper / Moore v. Hall
No. 21CVS015426 (N.C. Super. Ct); No. 21CVS015426 (N.C. Ct. of Appeals); No. 21CVS015426 (N.C. Sup. Ct.); No. 21A455 (U.S. Sup. Ct.)
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State court action challenging the North Carolina’s enacted state legislative and congressional redistricting maps on the grounds of partisan gerrymandering and racial vote dilution.
This case was consolidated with a separate challenge (Harper v. Hall) that argues the 2020 congressional map violates the state’s constitutional guarantees of free, fair and honest elections (art. I § 10), equal protection under the law (art. I § 19), freedom of speech (art. 1 § 12), and freedom of assembly (art. 1 § 14).
Common Cause intervened with an additional argument that the legislature violated a clear mandate from the state Supreme Court in in 2002 that “legislative districts required by the VRA shall be formed prior to creation of non-VRA districts.”
On Jan. 11, 2022, the state trial court ruled that: (1) the enacted maps are not unconstitutional as a result of partisan gerrymandering; (2) the enacted maps are not unconstitutional as a result of racial vote dilution; (3) the enacted maps do not violate the Free Elections Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, the Free Speech Clause, or the Right of Assembly Clause; and (4) the plaintiffs’ claims are non-justiciable political questions.
On Feb. 4, 2022, the state supreme court struck down both the legislative and congressional redistricting maps, finding them “unconstitutional beyond a reasonable doubt under the free elections clause, the equal protection clause, the free speech clause, and the freedom of assembly clause of the North Carolina Constitution.”
History
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Complaint | Nov 16, 2021 | |
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Motion for Preliminary Injunction | Nov 16, 2021 | |
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Order denying motion for PI | Dec 3, 2021 | |
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Common Cause motion to intervene | Dec 13, 2021 | |
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Judgment against plaintiffs | Jan 11, 2022 | |
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Order adopting remedial maps | Feb 23, 2022 |
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Order temporarily staying candidate filing deadline | Dec 6, 2021 | |
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En banc order overturning stay | Dec 6, 2021 |
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Petitioners' motion for temporary stay of candidate filing deadline | Dec 6, 2021 | |
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Petition for discretionary review prior to determination by court of appeals | Dec 6, 2021 | |
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Motion for disqualification of Justice Berger, Jr. | Dec 6, 2021 | |
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Order staying filing deadline and postponing 2022 primaries | Dec 6, 2021 |
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Order | Feb 4, 2022 |
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Opinion (explaining reasoning for Order) | Feb 14, 2022 |
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Emergency application for stay | Feb 25, 2022 |
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Response opposing stay (State of North Carolina) | Mar 2, 2022 | |
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Response opposing stay (Harper Respondents) | Mar 2, 2022 | |
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Response opposing stay (NC League of Conservation Voters) | Mar 2, 2022 | |
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Response opposing stay(Common Cause) | Mar 2, 2022 | |
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Order denying stay | Mar 7, 2022 |