HOLMES v. MOORE

No. 342PA19-3.

886 S.E.2d 120 (2023)

Jabari HOLMES, Fred Culp, Daniel E. Smith, Brendon Jaden Peay, and Paul Kearney, Sr. v. 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; David R. Lewis, in his official capacity as Chairman of the House Select Committee on Elections for the 2018 Third Extra Session; Ralph E. Hise, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Elections for the 2018 Third Extra Session; The State of North Carolina; and the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed April 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Southern Coalition for Social Justice, by Jeffrey Loperfido and Hillary Harris Klein ; and Jane O'Brien , pro hac vice, Paul D. Brachman , pro hac vice, and Andrew J. Ehrlich , pro hac vice, for plaintiff-appellees.

Nicole J. Moss , David H. Thompson , pro hac vice, Peter A. Patterson , pro hac vice, Joseph O. Masterman , pro hac vice, John W. Tienken , pro hac vice, Nicholas A. Varone , pro hac vice, and Nathan A. Huff , for legislative defendant-appellants.

Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, by Terence Steed , Special Deputy Attorney General, Laura McHenry , Special Deputy Attorney General, and Mary Carla Babb , Special Deputy Attorney General, for defendant-appellants State of North Carolina and North Carolina State Board of Elections.


There is no legal recourse available for vindication of political interests, but this Court is yet again confronted with "a partisan legislative disagreement that has spilled out ... into the courts." Ind. Democratic Party v. Rokita, 458 F.Supp.2d 775, 783 (S.D. Ind. 2006), aff...

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