CAUSE v. RUCHO

Nos. 1:16-CV-1026, 1:16-CV-1164

COMMON CAUSE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ROBERT A. RUCHO, in his official capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina Senate Redistricting Committee for the 2016 Extra Session and Co-Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting, et al., Defendants. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ROBERT A. RUCHO, in his official capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina Senate Redistricting Committee for the 2016 Extra Session and Co-Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina.

January 9, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights
Nature of Suit: 400 State Reapportionment
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA, WILLIAM COLLINS, ELLIOTT FELDMAN, CAROL FAULKNER FOX, ANNETTE LOVE, MARIA PALMER, GUNTHER PECK, ERSLA PHELPS, JOHN QUINN, III, AARON SARVER, JANIE SMITH SUMPTER, ELIZABETH TORRES EVANS & WILLIS WILLIAMS, Plaintiffs, represented by ALLISON JEAN RIGGS , SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, ANNABELLE E. HARLESS , CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, DANIELLE M. LANG , CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, EMILY E. SEAWELL , SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, J. GERALD HEBERT , CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, NICHOLAS O. STEPHANOPOULOS , UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL, PAUL M. SMITH , CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, RUTH M. GREENWOOD , CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER & ANITA S. EARLS , SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE.

ROBERT A. RUCHO, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SENATE REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE FOR THE 2016 EXTRA SESSION AND CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE 2016 JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING, DAVID R. LEWIS, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE FOR THE 2016 EXTRA SESSION AND CO-CHAIRMAN FO THE 2016 JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING, TIMOTHY K. MOORE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SPEAKER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, PHILIP E. BERGER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SENATE, A. GRANT WHITNEY, JR., IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN AND ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS & THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Defendants, represented by ALEXANDER MCCLURE PETERS , N.C. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, JAMES BERNIER, JR. , N. C. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, MICHAEL DOUGLAS MCKNIGHT , OGLETREE DEAKINS NASH SMOAK & STEWART, P.C., PHILLIP JOHN STRACH , OGLETREE DEAKINS NASH SMOAK & STEWART, P.C. & THOMAS A. FARR , OGLETREE DEAKINS NASH SMOAK & STEWART, P.C..

Circuit Judge Wynn wrote the majority opinion in which Senior District Judge Britt concurred. District Judge Osteen, Jr., wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

In these consolidated cases, two groups of Plaintiffs allege that North Carolina's 2016 Congressional Redistricting Plan (the "2016 Plan") constitutes a partisan gerrymander in violation of the First Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth...

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