STEPHENSON v. BARTLETT

No. 94PA02-2.

579 S.E.2d 274 (2003)

357 N.C. 59

Ashley STEPHENSON, individually, and as a resident and registered voter of Beaufort County, North Carolina; Leo Daughtry, individually, and as Representative for the 95th District, North Carolina House of Representatives; Patrick Ballantine, individually, and as Senator for the 4th District, North Carolina Senate; Art Pope, individually, and as Representative for the 61st District, North Carolina House of Representatives; and Bill Cobey, individually, and as Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, v. Gary O. BARTLETT, as Executive Director of the State Board of Elections; Larry Leake, Robert B. Cordle, Genevieve C. Sims, Lorraine G. Shinn, and Charles Winfree, as members of the State Board of Elections; James B. Black, as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives; Michael Easley, as Governor of the State of North Carolina; and Roy Cooper, as Attorney General of the State of North Carolina

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. O'Hale, Smithfield, for Basnight.

Thomas A. Farr, James C. Dever, III, Terence D. Friedman, Philip J. Strach, Raleigh, Robert N. Hunter, Jr., Greensboro, for Stephenson et al.

Tiare B. Smiley, Special Deputy Attorney General, for Gary Bartlett et al.


ORDER

This matter is hereby certified to the Honorable Knox V. Jenkins, Jr., Senior Resident Superior Court Judge, Johnston County, for additional findings of fact regarding the trial court's 31 May 2002 determination that the General Assembly's 2002 redistricting plans ("House Plan-Sutton 5" and "Senate Plan-Fewer Divided Counties") are unconstitutional.

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