HARPER v. HALL

No. 413PA21.

868 S.E.2d 90 (2022)

Rebecca HARPER; Amy Clare Oseroff; Donald Rumph; John Anthony Balla; Richard R. Crews; Lily Nicole Quick; Gettys Cohen, Jr.; Shawn Rush; Jackson Thomas Dunn, Jr.; Mark S. Peters; Kathleen Barnes; Virginia Walters Brien; David Dwight Brown v. Representative Destin HALL, in his official capacity as Chair of the House Standing Committee on Redistricting; Senator Warren Daniel, in his official capacity as Co-Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Redistricting and Elections; Senator Ralph Hise, in his official capacity as Co-Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Redistricting and Elections; Senator Paul Newton, in his official capacity as Co-Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Redistricting and Elections; Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives Timothy K. Moore; President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate Philip E. Berger; the North Carolina State Board of Elections; Damon Circosta, in his official capacity North Carolina League of Conservation Voters, Inc.; Henry M. Michaux, Jr.; Dandrielle Lewis; Timothy Chartier; Talia Fernos; Katherine Newhall; R. Jason Parsley; Edna Scott; Roberta Scott; Yvette Roberts; Jereann King Johnson; Reverend Reginald Wells; Yarbrough Williams, Jr.; Reverend Deloris L. Jerman; Viola Ryals Figueroa; and Cosmos George v. Representative Destin Hall, in his official capacity as Chair of the House Standing Committee on Redistricting; Senator Warren Daniel, in his official capacity as Co-Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Redistricting and Elections; Senator Ralph E. Hise, Jr., in his official capacity as Co-Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Redistricting and Elections; Senator Paul Newton, in his official capacity as Co-Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Redistricting and Elections; Representative Timothy K. Moore, in his official capacity as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives; Senator Philip E. Berger, in his official capacity as President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate; The State of North Carolina; the North Carolina State Board of Elections; Damon Circosta, in his official capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Elections; Stella Anderson, in her official capacity as Secretary of the North Carolina State Board of Elections; Jeff Carmon III, in his official capacity as Member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections; Stacy Eggers IV, in his official capacity as Member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections; Tommy Tucker, in his official capacity as Member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections; and Karen Brinson Bell, in her official capacity as Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 23, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Narendra K. Ghosh , Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.

Terence Steed , Assistant Attorney General, For State Board of Elections, et al.

Amar Majmundar , Senior Deputy Attorney General, For State Board of Elections, et al.

Stephanie A. Brennan , Special Deputy Attorney General, For State Board of Elections, et al.

Burton Craige , Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.

Paul E. Smith , Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.

Phillip J. Strach , Attorney at Law, For Hall, Destin, et al.

Alyssa Riggins , Attorney at Law, For Hall, Destin, et al.

John E. Branch, III , Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hall, Destin, et al.

Thomas A. Farr , Attorney at law, For Hall, Destin, et al.

Stephen D. Feldman , Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.

Adam K. Doerr , Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.

Erik R. Zimmerman , Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.

Ryan Y. Park , Solicitor General, For Gov. Cooper and AG Stein.

James W. Doggett , Deputy Solicitor General, For Gov. Cooper and AG Stein.

Zachary W. Ezor , Solicitor General Fellow, For Gov. Cooper and AG Stein.

Kellie Z. Myers , Trial Court Administrator.

James R. Morgan, Jr. , Attorney at Law, Winston-Salem, For NC Sheriffs' Association, et al.

Sean F. Perrin , Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For NC Sheriffs' Association, et al.

Edmond W. Caldwell, Jr. , Executive Vice President and General Counsel, For NC Sheriffs' Association, et al.

Matthew L. Boyatt , Assistant Attorney General, For NC Sheriffs' Association, et al.

Hilary H. Klein , Attorney at Law, For Common Cause.

Allison J. Riggs , Attorney at Law, For Common Cause.

Mitchell Brown , Attorney at Law, For Common Cause.

Katelin Kaiser , Attorney at Law, For Common Cause.

Jeffrey Loperfido , Attorney at Law, For Common Cause.

Noor Taj , Attorney at Law, For Common Cause.

Edwin Speas , Attorney at Law, For Buncombe County Board of Commissioners.

Caroline P. Mackie , Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Professor Charles Fried.

Sam Hirsch , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.

Jessica Ring Amunson , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.

Zachary C. Schauf , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.

Urja Mittal , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.

Karthik P. Reddy , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.

J. Tom Boer , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Common Cause.

Olivia T. Molodanof , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Common Cause.

E. Mark Braden , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Hall, Destin, et al.

Katherine Mcknight , Attorney at Law, For Hall, Destin, et al.

Abha Khanna , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.

Lalitha D. Madduri , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.

Abraham Rubert-Schewel , Attorney at Law, For Campaign Legal Center.

William C. McKinney , Attorney at Law, For Former Governors.

John R. Wester , Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc.

Jacob D. Shelly , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.

Graham W. White , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.

Elisabeth S. Theodore , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.

R. Stanton Jones , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.

Samuel F. Callahan , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.

Chris Lamar , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Campaign Legal Center.

Orion de Nevers , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Campaign Legal Center.

Ruth Greenwood , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Professor Charles Fried.

Theresa Lee , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Professor Charles Fried.

Nicholas Stephanopoulos , Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Professor Charles Fried.

Mary Carla Babb , Special Deputy Attorney General, For State Board of Elections, et al.

Nathan A. Huff , Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For National Republican Congressional Committee.

Jared M. Butner , Attorney at Law, For National Republican Congressional Committee.

Kathleen F. Roblez , Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP.

Caitlin Swain , Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP.

Daryl V. Atkinson , Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP.

Ashley Mitchell , Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP.

Aviance Brown , Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP.

Irving Joyner , Attorney at Law, Durham, For NC NAACP.


ORDER

The following order has been entered on the motion filed on the 23rd of February 2022 by Plaintiff-Intervenor (Common Cause) for Temporary Stay:

"Motion Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 23rd of February 2022."

Upon consideration of the petition filed by Plaintiff-Intervenor (Common Cause) on the 23rd of February 2022 in this matter for discretionary review under G.S. 7A-31 prior

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