NORTH CAROLINA STATE CONFERENCE OF NAACP v. BERGER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David Henry Thompson , COOPER & KIRK PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Stephen K. Wirth , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Washington, D.C.; Paul Mason Cox , NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Peter A. Patterson , Nicole J. Moss , Haley N. Proctor , Nicole Frazer Reaves , COOPER & KIRK PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Nathan A. Huff , PHELPS DUNBAR LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellants. Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, Olga E. Vyotskaya de Brito , Special Deputy Attorney General, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for State Board Appellees. Irving Joyner , Cary, North Carolina; Penda D. Hair , Washington, D.C., Caitlin A. Swain , FORWARD JUSTICE, Durham, North Carolina; John C. Ulin , Los Angeles, California, James W. Cooper , Jeremy C. Karpatkin , Andrew T. Tutt , Jacob Zionce , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP, Greensboro NAACP, High Point NAACP, Moore County NAACP, Stokes County Branch of the NAACP, and Winston Salem-Forsyth County NAACP.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Quattlebaum wrote the opinion, in which Judge Richardson joined. Judge Harris wrote a dissent.