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North Carolina v. North Carolina NAACP
Case Information
Date Filed: August 12, 2013
State: North Carolina
Issues: Voter ID, Voting Rights Act
Courts that Heard this Case: Middle District of North Carolina (Case 1:13-cv-658); United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Case 14-1856); United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Case 16-2193); U.S. Supreme Court (Case 16-833)
Issue:
Do the provisions of HB 589 (Voter ID requirements) violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1973) and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitution?
Status:
Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals opinion reversing District Court filed 7/29/16. Motion for Stay filed 8/3/16. Order Denying Stay filed 8/4/16. Emergency Stay Application filed with U.S. Supreme Court 8/15/16. Responses filed 8/25/16. Order Denying Stay filed 8/31/16. Emergency Motion to Enforce Injunction filed in District Court 10/1/16. Order denying Motion to Enforce Injunction filed 10/13/16. Order Denying Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal filed 10/19/16. Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Appeal 11/1/16. Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed in U.S. Supreme Court 12/27/16. Response to Petition filed 1/19/17. Reply of North Carolina filed 2/13/17. Reply of North Carolina AG filed 3/9/17. Private Respondents' Motion to Add NC General Assembly as Petitioner filed 3/9/17. Petition for Writ of Certiorari denied 5/15/17.
Related cases: League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. Howard and United States v. North Carolina.
District Court Documents
- Complaint
(filed 8/12/13) - Defendants' Motion for Extension (filed 9/3/13)
- Plaintiffs' Response to Motion for Extension (filed 9/3/13)
- Order Granting Extension (filed 9/16/13)
- Defendant's Answer (filed 10/21/13)
- First Amended Complaint (filed 11/12/13)
- U.S.'s Motion to Consolidate Cases (filed 11/26/13)
- Defendants' Answer (filed 12/2/13)
- Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to U.S.'s Motion to Consolidate (filed 12/3/13)
- Plaintiffs' Motion to Consolidate Cases (filed 12/3/13)
- Plaintiffs' Report of Rule 26(f) Conference and Discovery Plan (filed 12/5/13)
- Plaintiffs' Rule 26(f) Report (filed 12/5/13)
- Defendants' Rule 26(f) Report (filed 12/5/13)
- Defendants' Memorandum in Support of Consolidating Cases (filed 12/9/13)
- Defendant's Answer to Plaintiff's Amended Complaint (filed 12/13/13)
- Scheduling Order and Consolidation of Cases for Discovery Purposes (filed 12/13/13)
- Defendant's Brief Supporting Motion Regarding Order on Electronic Documents (filed 1/2/14)
- Unpublished Cases (filed 1/2/14)
- Unpublished Cases
- Plaintiff Response in Opposition to Defendant Brief (filed 1/8/14)
- Unpublished Cases (filed 1/8/14)
- Unpublished Cases
- U.S.'s Opposition to Defendant's Motion (filed 1/8/14)
- 2nd Amended Complaint (filed 1/9/14)
- Joint Motion for Entry of Revised Consent Order (filed 1/13/14)
- Revised Consent Order (filed 1/13/14)
- Revised Consent Order
- Revised Consent Order Signed by Judge (filed 1/17/14)
- Motion to Quash Subpoenas to State Legislators (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 1- Hise Subpoena (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 2- Rucho Subpoena (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 3- Goolsby Subpoena (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 4- Apodaca Subpoena (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 5- Berger Subpoena (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 6- Warren Subpoena (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 7- Samuelson Subpoena (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 8- Tillis Subpoena (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 9- Pittman Subpoena (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 10- Moore Subpoena (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 11- Murry Subpoena (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 12- Lewis Subpoena (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 13- Boles Subpoena (filed 1/20/14)
- Exhibit 1- Hise Subpoena
- Memorandum in Support of Motion to Quash Subpoenas (filed 1/20/14)
- Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Production of Documents (filed 1/24/14)
- Plaintiffs' Motion to Expedite Briefing (filed 1/24/14)
- Second Amended Answer to Amended Complaint (filed 1/27/14)
- U.S.'s Statement in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Production of Documents (filed 1/28/14)
- Plaintiffs' Request for a Status Conference
(filed 2/7/14) - Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Production of Documents (filed 2/7/14)
- Plaintiffs' First RFPs (filed 2/7/14)
- RFP Response (filed 2/7/14)
- Plaintiffs' First RFPs
- Motion to Expedite Briefing (filed 2/7/14)
- Email from Defendants stating they do not object to Motion to Expedite Briefing (filed 2/10/14)
- Order Granting Motion to Expedite Briefing (filed 2/10/14)
- Plaintiffs' Opposition to Motion to Quash Subpoenas to State Legislators (filed 2/10/14)
- Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Production of Documents (filed 2/10/14)
- Appendix to Exhibits (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 1-a (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 1-b (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 1-c (filed 2/10/14)
- Appendix to Exhibits
- Appendix of Exhibits to Defendants' Opposition to Motion to Compel (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 2 (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 3 (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 4 (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 5 (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 6 (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 7 (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 8 (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 9 (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 10 (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 11 (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 12 (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 13 (filed 2/10/14)
- Exhibit 2
- United States' Brief in Opposition to Motion to Quash Subpoenas to State Legislators (filed 2/10/14)
- Defendants' Motion for Protective
Order (filed
2/17/14)
- Memorandum in Support of Defendants'
Motion for Protective Order (filed
2/17/14)
- Exhibit A (filed
2/17/14)
- Exhibit A
- Defendants' Motion to Expedite
Briefing (filed
2/17/14)
- Proposed Order (filed
2/17/14)
- Proposed Order
- Defendants' Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Evidence (filed 2/18/14)
- United States' Response to Defendants' Opposition to the Motion to Compel (filed 2/18/14)
- Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion to Compel (filed 2/18/14)
- United States' Status Report (filed 2/19/14)
- Legislative Movants' Reply in Support of Motion to Quash Subpoenas to State Legislators (filed 2/20/14)
- Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion to Compel Evidence (filed 2/20/14)
- United States' Response to Defendants' Motion for Protective Order (filed 2/20/14)
- Plaintiffs' Response to Defendants' Motion for Protective Order (filed 2/20/14)
- United States' Motion for Extension of Time (filed
2/25/14)
- Supplemental Brief in Support of Legislative Immunity (filed 2/26/14)
- Joint Status Report (filed 2/26/14)
- United States' Supplemental Brief in Opposition to Motion to Quash Subpoenas to State Legislators (filed 2/26/14)
- Supplemental Briefing in Support of Plaintiffs' Opposition to Motion to Quash Subpoenas (filed 2/26/14)
- Supplement Unpublished Cases (filed 2/26/14)
- Supplement Unpublished Cases
- Order Granting in Part Motion to Compel, Denying Otherwise (3/3/14)
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Clarification on March 3 Order (filed 3/26/14)
- Plaintiffs' Motion to Expedite Motion for Clarification (filed 3/26/14)
- Response to Motion for Clarification (filed 3/27/14)
- Order granting motion to expedite (filed 3/27/14)
- Order that Motion to Quash and Motion to
Compel granted in part, denied in part (filed 3/27/14)
- Order Granting Motion for Clarification (filed 3/28/14)
- Legislative Movants' Objection to March 27
Order (filed 4/2/14)
- Motion to Stay March 27 Order (filed 4/2/14)
- Text Order Granting Motion to Stay (filed 4/4/14)
- Plaintiffs' Joint Motion to Expand Page
Limitations (filed 4/7/14)
- United States' Opposition to Objection to Order on Legislative Privilege (4/14/14)
- Plaintiffs' Motion to Expedite Court's Response to Defendant's Objection (4/14/14)
- Plaintiffs' Opposition to Objection on Legislative Privilege (4/14/14)
- Order Setting Hearing on Legislators' Pending Objection (4/29/14)
- United States' Notice of Subsequently Decided Authority (filed 5/7/14)
- Order that Legislators' Pending Objections are overruled in part and sustained in part (filed 5/15/14)
- Defendants' Motion for Judgment on the
Pleading (filed 5/19/14)
- Defendants' Memorandum in Support for
Motion for Judgement on the Pleadings (filed 5/19/14)
- United States' Motion for Preliminary
Injunction and for Appointment of Federal Observers (filed 5/19/14)
- United States' Memorandum in Support of
Motion for Preliminary Injunction and for Appointment of Federal Observers (filed 5/19/14)
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary
Injunction (filed 5/19/14)
- Brief in Support
- Master Joint Appendix
- Supplemental Appendix
- Declaration of Kay Gordon Brandon
- Exhibit 1 Declaration of Sarah Bufkin
- Exhibit 2 Declaration of Bessie
Carrington
- Exhibit 3 Declaration of Masac Dorlouis
- Exhibit 4 Declaration of Rosa Nell Eaton
- Exhibit 5 Declaration of Armenta Eaton
- Exhibit 6 Declaration of Nicole Latrice
Little
- Exhibit 7 Declaration of Renee Michaux
- Exhibit 8 Declaration of Melvin Montford
- Exhibit 9 Declaration of Rev. Dr.
William J. Barber, II
- Exhibit 10 Declaration of Maria Teresa
Unger Palmer
- Additional Declaration of Bob Phillips
- Additional Declaration of Octavia
Rainey
- Additional Declaration of Hugh Stohler
- Additional Declaration of Goldie Frinks
Wells
- Additional Declaration of Gary Bartlett
- Additional Declaration of Henry M.
Michaux, Jr.
- Additional Declaration of Josh Stein
- Additional Declaration of George Gilbert
- Additional Declaration of Alma Adams
- Additional Declaration Daniel T. Blue,
Jr.
- Additional Declaration of Larry D. Hall
- Additional Declaration Senator Earline
Parmon
- Additional Declaration Shelly Willingham
- Additional Declaration Rick Glazier
- Additional Declaration Mary Price Taylor
Harrison
- Additional Declaration Kenneth Leigh
Goodman
- Additional Declaration of FLoyd
McKissick Jr.
- Additional Declaration Eleanor G.
Kinnaird
- Additional Declaration Angela R. Bryant
- Additional Declaration Grier Martin
- Additional Declaration Jacqueline Taylor
- Additional Declaration Marilyn Harris
- Additional Declaration Harry Sawyer
- Additional Declaration Ion V. Sancho
- Additional Declaration Dawson Blaire
Gould
- Deposition of Carolina State Board of
Elections
- Deposition of Marc Burris
- Expert Report of Paul Gronke
- Expert Report of Allan J. Lichtman,
- Declaration of Charles Stewart III
- Expert Report of Lorraine C. Minnite
- Expert Report of Barry C. Burden
- Additional Declaration of Henry M.
Michaux, Jr.
- Expert Report of J. Morgan Kousser
- Declaration of Steven F. Lawson
- Expert Report of James L. Leloudis II
- Expert Report of Theordore T. Allen
- Expert Report of Peter Levine et al.
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- Declaration of Peyton McCrary
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- Brief in Support
- Joint Status Report (filed 5/22/14)
- Defendants' Motion for Extension of Time (filed 5/28/14)
- Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion for
Extension of Time (filed 5/29/14)
- Order Granting Defendants' Motion for
Extension of Time in part (filed 5/29/14)
- Third Party Legislators and Defendants'
Brief regarding Legislative Immunity (filed 6/11/14)
- United States' Brief regarding Legislative
Immunity (filed
6/11/14)
- Plaintiffs' Brief regarding Legislative
Immunity (filed
6/11/14)
- Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 6/18/14)
- Exhibit 1 Part 1
- Exhibit 1 Part 2
- Exhibit 1 Part 3
- Exhibit 1 Part 4
- Exhibit 2 Part 1
- Exhibit 2 Part 2
- Exhibit 2 Part 3
- Exhibit 3
- Exhibit 4
- Deposition of Janet Thornton (filed 6/18/14)
- Declaration of John Davis (filed 6/18/14)
- Deposition of Sean Trende (filed 6/18/14)
- Declaration of Thomas Hofeller
- Declaration of Thomas Fetzer
- Declaration of Cherie Poucher
- Declaration of Michael Dickerson
- Declaration of Carolyn Justice
- Transcript of Senate Hearing
- Map 1
- Map 2
- Map 3
- Map 4
- Map 5
- Map 6
- Map 7
- Map 8
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- Map 10
- Map 11
- Map 12
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- Map 14
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- Map 16
- Map 17
- Map 18
- Map 19
- Map 20
- Map 21
- Map 22
- Exhibit 1 Part 1
- Plaintiffs' Opposition to Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (filed 6/18/14)
- United States' Opposition to Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (filed 6/18/14)
- Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Baheeyah Madany and New Oxley Hill Baptist Church (filed 6/19/14)
- Order granting Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss (filed 6/19/14)
- Defendant and Legislators' Response Brief
regarding Legislative Immunity (filed 6/25/14)
- Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel (filed 6/25/14)
- Plaintiffs' Motion to Expedite Court's
Resolution of Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel (filed 6/25/14)
- United States' Response regarding
Legislative Immunity (filed 6/25/14)
- Plaintiffs' Response regarding
Legislative Immunity (filed 6/25/14)
- Defendants' Response to Plaintiffs' Motion
to Compel (filed
6/26/14)
- Order Granting Motion to Expedite and Motion to Compel (filed 6/26/14)
- Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike (filed 6/30/14)
- Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike (filed 6/30/14)
- Plaintiff's Motion to Strike (filed 6/30/14)
- Defendants' Reply regarding Motion for Judgment on the Pleading (filed 6/30/14)
- Plaintiffs' Reply in support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 6/30/14)
- United States' Reply in Support of Motion
for Preliminary Injunction (filed 6/30/14)
- United Sates' Notice of Subsequently Decided
Authority (filed
7/3/14)
- Defendant's Designation of Deposition Testimony (filed 7/11/14)
- Intervenor-Plaintiffs' Memorandum regarding Standing (filed 7/11/14)
- Plaintiff's Designation of Deposition Testimony (filed 7/11/14)
- Defendant's Response to Intervenor-Plaintiffs (filed 7/19/14)
- Defendant's Response to various Motions by Plaintiff (filed 7/21/14)
- Plaintiff's Reply regarding Motion to Strike (filed 7/25/14)
- Opinion and Order denying Motion for Preliminary
Injunction and Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 8/8/14)
- Notice of Appeal (filed 8/18/14)
- Second Supplemental Protective Order (filed 9/25/14)
- Order of Preliminary Injunction (based on Fourth Circuit's decision on appeal) (filed 10/3/14)
- USCA Recall and Stay of Mandate (filed 10/10/14)
- Plaintiffs' Joint Motion for Status Conference (filed 10/14/14)
- Text Order granting Motion for Status Conference (filed 10/20/14)
- Briefing Order (filed
10/7/14)
- Order regarding discovery (filed
11/20/14)
- Plaintiff's Notice to modify Discovery Order (filed
11/24/14)
- Plaintiff's Motion for Expedite Resolution of
Motion to Modify Discovery Deadlines (filed
11/24/14)
- Order granting Motion to Expedite (filed 11/26/14)
- Defendant's Opposition to Motion to Expedite (filed
12/03/14)
- Defendant's Motion to Reset Trial Date (filed
12/03/14)
- Plaintiff's Response to Motion to Reset Trial
Date (filed
12/04/14)
- USA's Response to Motion to Reset Trial
Date (filed
12/04/14)
- Plaintiff's Objection to Recommended
Ruling (filed
12/04/14)
- Plaintiff's Motion to Expedite (filed
12/04/14)
- Order denying Motion to Reschedule Trial (filed 12/05/14)
- Defendant's Objection to Recommended Ruling (filed
12/19/14)
- United States' Respose to Opposition (filed
1/02/15)
- Plaintiff's Response to Opposition (filed
1/05/15)
- Stipulation and Order (filed 2/2/15)
- Defendants' Motion to Expedite Hearing on
Defendant's Objection (filed 2/02/15)
- Joint Motion to Amend Expert Disclosure Deadlines (filed 2/03/15)
- Order granting Motion to Amend Deadlines (filed 2/04/15)
- Order overruling Plaintiffs' and Defendants' Objection (filed 2/04/15)
- Joint Motion to Enforce (filed 2/09/15)
- Joint Motion to Amend Discovery Deadlines (filed 2/27/15)
- Status Report (filed 3/2/15)
- Defendant's Status Report (filed 3/5/15)
- Order granting Joint Motion to Amend Discovery Deadlines (filed 3/9/15)
- Stipulation dismissing Plaintiff-Intervenors (filed 3/10/15)
- Stipulation dismissing Plaintiff Clinton
Tabernacle (filed 3/12/15)
- Joint Motion to Deem Requests for Admission to Comply with Scheduling Order (filed 3/17/15)
- Joint Motion to Expedite (filed 3/17/15)
- Text Order granting Motion to Expedite (filed 3/23/15)
- Joint Motion for Clarification as to Deadlines (filed 3/30/15)
- Plaintiff's Response regarding Requests for
Admission (filed 3/30/15)
- Defendant's Notice of Intent to file
Dispositive Motions (filed 3/30/15)
- Order (filed 3/30/15)
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Extension of Time (filed 4/10/15)
- Scheduling Order (filed 4/13/15)
- Plaintiffs' Notice of Intent to File
Dispositive Motions (filed 4/17/15)
- Consent Motion for Extension of Time (filed 4/17/15)
- Order granting Motion for Extension of Time (filed 4/20/15)
- USA's Joint Motion to Modify Discovery
Deadline (filed 4/24/15)
- Order granting
Motion to Modify Discovery Deadlines (filed 4/28/15)
- Text Ordering that there will be no hearing on May 7th (filed 5/5/15)
- Order consolidating three cases (filed 5/5/15)
- Notice of Bench Trial
Date (filed 5/14/15)
- Order on Pretrial
Procedures and Deadlines (filed 6/04/15)
- Consent
Motion and Stipulation Regarding Completion of Fact Witness Depositions (filed 6/04/15)
- Joint Motion to
Take Deposition Out of Time (filed 6/15/15)
- First
Stipulation Regarding Information In the SEIMS Database (filed 6/15/15)
- Second Stipulation
Regarding Information In the SEIMS Database (filed 6/15/15)
- Third Stipulation
Regarding Information In the SEIMS Database (filed 6/15/15)
- Plaintiff United
States' Motion in Limine to Exclude Improper Expert Opinion Testimony (filed 6/17/15)
- Plaintiff United
States' Motion to Expedite its Motion in Limine to Exclude Improper Expert
Opinion Testimony (filed 6/17/15)
- United States' Request
for a Telephonic Status Conference (filed 6/22/15)
- Order Denying Plaintiff
United States' Motion to Expedite (filed 6/22/15)
- Telephone Conference set for 6/23/2015 at 3:30pm (filed 6/23/15)
- Defendants' Motion to
Exclude Testimony by the United States' Expert (filed 6/23/15)
- Defendants' Memorandum in
Support of Motion to Exclude Testimony by United States' Expert (filed 6/23/15)
- Telephonic Status Conference set for 6/24/2015 at 4:00pm (filed 6/23/15)
- Plaintiffs' Motion to
Strike Declarations and Motion in Limine to Exclude Testimony at Trial by Thomas
Brooks Hofeller (filed 6/23/15)
- Brief in Support of
Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike and Motion in Limine to Exclude Testimony at
Trial (filed 6/23/15)
- Plaintiffs' Motion
to Strike the Declarations of Sean P. Trende and Motion in Limine to Exclude his
Testimony at Trial (filed 6/23/15)
- Brief in Support of
Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike Trende's Declarations and Motion in Limine to
Exclude his Testimony at Trial (filed 6/23/15)
- Exhibit 1: First
Declaration of Trende
- Exhibit 2: Supplement to
Trende's Declaration
- Exhibit 3: Second
Declaration of Trende
- Exhibit 4: Trende
Deposition Excerpts
- Exhibit 5: Surrebuttal
Expert Report
- Exhibit 6: Expert Report-
Barry Burden
- Exhibit 7: Sur-Reply Expert
Report and Declaration of Gronke
- Exhibit 8: Hood
Deposition
- Exhibit 9: Surrebuttal of
Charles Stewart
- Exhibits 10-13:
Deposition Exhibits # 117, 116, 110, and 109
- Exhibit 14: Bernstein et
al., Journal Article
- Exhibit 15: McKee et al.,
Journal Article
- Exhibit 16: Deposition
Exhibit # 378
- Exhibit 1: First
Declaration of Trende
- Plaintiffs' Motion to
Strike Portions of Declarations and Motion in Limine to Exclude Certain
Testimony of Dr. Janet Thornton at Trial (filed 6/23/15)
- Brief in Support of
Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike Portions of Declarations and Motion in Limine to
Exclude Certain Testimony (filed 6/23/15)
- Transcript of Proceedings held on 6/24/2015 (filed 6/25/15) (Document Not Available)
- Transcript of Proceedings held on 6/23/2015 (filed 6/25/15) (Document Not Available)
- Set Hearing: Telephone Conference set for 6/26/2015 at 9:30am (filed 6/26/15)
- Joint Statement
Regarding Motions on Dr. Charles Stewart and Mr. Brian Neesby (filed 6/26/15)
- Joint Statement
Regarding Motions in Limine to Exclude the Testimony and Strike the Declarations
of Sean P. Trende, Thomas B. Hofeller, and Janet R. Thornton (filed 6/26/15)
- Transcript of Proceedings held on 6/26/2015 (filed 6/26/2015) (Document Not Available)
- Court's Amendments to its
6/04/2015 Order on Pretrial Procedures and Deadlines (filed 6/26/15)
- United States' Request
for Judicial Notice (filed 6/26/15)
- Defendants' Trial Brief (filed 6/29/15)
- United States' Trial
Brief (filed 6/29/15)
- Defendants' Motion in
Limine (filed 6/30/15)
- Memorandum in Support of
Defendants' Motion in Limine (filed 6/30/15)
- Defendants' Designations
of Deposition Testimony for Trial (filed 6/30/15)
- Defendants' Rule 26(a)(3)(A)
Pretrial Disclosures (filed 6/30/15)
- NAACP Plaintiffs'
Motion in Limine to Exclude Defendants' Untimely Discovery Materials (filed 6/30/15)
- Plaintiffs' Joint Rule
26(A)(3) Pretrial Disclosures (filed 6/30/15)
- Plaintiffs'
Designations of Deposition Testimony: Transcript Excerpts (filed 6/30/15)
- Stipulation
Regarding the Completion of Depositions of Affected Voters/Lay Witnesses (filed 7/01/15)
- Status Report on
Currie, et al. v. State of North Carolina, et al. (filed 7/03/15)
- Defendants' Response to NAACP
Plaintiffs' Motion in Limine to Exclude Defendants' Untimely Discovery
Materials (filed 7/07/15)
- Stipulation Regarding
National Voter Registration Act Data on the Website of the North Carolina State
Board of Elections (filed 7/07/15)
- Defendants' Response
in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motions to Strike Testimony by Defendants' Experts
and Motions in Limine (filed 7/07/15)
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for
Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction (filed 7/08/15)
- Defendants' Memorandum of Law in
Support of Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction (filed 7/08/15)
- Defendants' Objections to
Plaintiffs' Joint Exhibits List (filed 7/08/15)
- Defendants'
Objections to and Counter-Designations of Plaintiffs' Designations of Deposition
Testimony for Trial (filed 7/08/15)
- Plaintiffs' Joint Objections
to Defendants' Rule 23(a)(3)(A) Pre-Trial Disclosures (filed 7/08/15)
- Plaintiffs' Joint
Objections and Counter-Designations to Defendants' Designations of Deposition
Testimony for Trial (filed 7/08/15)
- Plaintiffs' and
Plaintiff-Intervenors' Opposition to Defendants' Motion in Limine (filed 7/08/15)
- United States' Opposition to
Parts Four and Five of Defendants' Motion in Limine (filed 7/08/15)
- Notice of Filing of
Deposition Transcripts with Defendants' Counter-Designations to Plaintiffs'
Designations of Deposition Testimony for Trial (filed 7/08/15) (corrected 7/09/15)
- Notice of Filing of
Corrected Plaintiffs' Deposition Designation Transcript Excerpt Together with
Defendants' Counter-Designation Excerpt for Doris Burke (filed 7/09/15)
- Notice Regarding Defendants'
Summaries of Designations of Fact Witness Depositions (filed 7/10/15)
- Stipulation as to
Voluntary Dismissal of Plaintiff-Intervenor Charles M. Gray (filed 7/12/15)
- Parties' Joint
Stipulation Regarding 2,726 Letters Sent by the North Carolina State Board of
Elections (filed 7/12/15)
- Notice of Filing of Corrected
Plaintiffs' Deposition Designation Transcript Excerpts Together with Defendants'
Counter-Designation Excerpts for Delancy, Ealy, and Mallette (filed 7/12/15)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings (filed 7/13/15) (Document Not Available)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings (filed 7/14/15) (Document Not Available)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings (filed 7/15/15) (Document Not Available)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings (filed 7/16/15) (Document Not Available)
- Notice of Filing of Corrected
Plaintiffs' Deposition Designations and Transcript Excerpt Together with
Defendants' Counter-Designation Excerpt for Mallette (filed 7/17/15)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings (filed 7/17/15) (Document Not Available)
- Motion to Quash Trial Subpoena of
Senator Bill Cook (filed 7/19/15)
- Memorandum in Support of Motion to
Quash Trial Subpoena of Senator Cook (filed 7/19/15)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings Continued from 7/17/15 (filed 7/20/15) (Document Not Available)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings Continued from 7/20/15 (filed 7/21/15) (Document Not Available)
- Intervenors' Memorandum in
Opposition to Motion to Quash Trial Subpoena (filed 7/22/15)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings Continued from 7/21/15 (filed 7/22/15) (Document Not Available)
- NAACP Plaintiffs' Opposition
to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction (filed 7/23/15)
- Motion for Judicial
Notice (filed 7/23/15)
- Duke
Intervenor-Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Lack of
Subject Matter Jursidiction (filed 7/23/15)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings Continued from 7/23/15 (filed 7/24/15) (Document Not Available)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings Continued from 7/24/15 (filed 7/27/15) (Document Not Available)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings Continued from 7/27/15 (filed 7/28/15) (Document Not Available)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings Continued from 7/28/15 (filed 7/29/15) (Document Not Available)
- Defendants' Reply Brief in Support
of Motion to Dismiss (filed 7/30/15)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings Continued from 7/29/15 (filed 7/30/15) (Document Not Available)
- Minute Entry for Proceedings Completed on 7/31/15 (filed 7/31/15) (Document Not Available)
- Suggestion of Subsequently
Decided Authority (filed 8/07/15)
- Defendants' Motion to
Exclude Certain Rebuttal Testimony by NAACP Expert, Dr. Allan Lichtman (filed 8/10/15)
- Defendants' Memorandum of
Law in Support of Motion to Exclude Certain Rebuttal Testimony by NAACP Expert,
Dr. Allan Lichtman (filed 8/10/15)
- United States' Motion to
Strike Certain Testimony of Brian Neesby (filed 8/10/15)
- Duke
Intervenor-Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike Brian Neesby's Testimony Regarding
Mail-Verification Failure Rates Among Preregistrants and to Exclude Defendants'
Exhibit BN-3 (filed 8/10/15)
- Brief in Support of Motion to
Strike Brian Neesby's Testimony and to Exclude Defendants' Exhibit BN-3 (filed 8/10/15)
- Transcript of Trial Day 1 held on 7/13/15
- Transcript of Trial Day 2 held on 7/14/15
- Transcript of Trial Day 3 held on 7/15/15 (Document not available)
- Transcript of Trial Day 4 held on 7/16/15
- Transcript of Trial Day 5 held on 7/17/15
- Transcript of Trial Day 6 held on 7/20/15
- Transcript of Trial Day 7 held on 7/21/15
- Transcript of Trial Day 8 held on 7/22/15
- Transcript of Trial Day 9 held on 7/23/15
- Transcript of Trial Day 10 held on 7/24/15 (Document not available)
- Transcript of Trial Day 11 held on 7/27/15
- Transcript of Trial Day 12 held on 7/28/15
- Transcript of Trial Day 13 held on 7/29/15
- Transcript of Trial Day 14 held on 7/30/15
- Transcript of Trial Day 15 held on 7/31/15
- Defendants' Status Report
on the Effect of S.L. 2015-103 on the Voter Identification Claims (filed 8/17/15)
- Plaintiffs' Joint Status
Report Regarding Voter Photo ID Claim (filed 8/17/15)
- Plaintiffs' Joint Proposed
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (filed 8/17/15)
- Defendants' Proposed
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (filed 8/17/15)
- Duke
Intervenor-Plaintiffs' Notice of Intent to Request Partial Redaction of July 15,
2015 Trial Transcript (filed 8/19/15)
- Defendants' Response in
Opposition to U.S.'s Motion to Strike Testimony (filed 8/19/15)
- NAACP's Opposition to
Defendants' Motion to Exclude Certain Testimony (filed 8/20/15)
- Consent Motion to
Supplement the Trial Record (filed 8/25/15)
- Order Granting Consent Motion to
Supplement the Trial Record (filed 8/26/15)
- Motion to Seal (filed 9/08/15)
- Request for Transcript Redaction (Document Not Available)
- Redaction (Document Not Available)
- Joint Status Report
Regarding Voter Photo ID Claims (filed 9/18/15)
- Suggestion
of Subsequently Decided Authority by Intervenor Plaintiff (filed 9/25/15)
- NOTICE
of Hearing: Motion Hearing and Status Conference set for 10/23/2015 at 09:30
AM (filed 10/02/15)
- Response
to: Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law by RHONDA K. AMOROSO et
al (filed 10/07/15)
- Joint
Status Report regarding Voter ID Claims (filed 10/16/15)
- Transcript of Proceedings held on 10/23/5 before Judge Schroeder (Document not yet available)
- Plaintiffs
Rule Report for the Photo ID Claim (filed 11/02/15)
- First
AMENDED COMPLAINT against defendant North Carolina et al (filed 11/06/15)
- STATEMENT
re: Intention to Move for Preliminary Injunction (filed 11/13/15)
- NOTICE
by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Regarding Retention of January Trial Schedule (filed 11/13/15)
- Defendants'
ANSWER to Amended Complaint (filed 11/20/15)
- NAACP
Plaintiffs' MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (filed 11/24/15)
- Plaintiffs'
MEMORANDUM (filed 11/24/15)
- Plaintiff
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA's Response to Defendants Objections to the Trial Date
and Pretrial Schedule (filed 11/26/15)
- Plaintiffs' Memorandum in
Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 12/21/15)
- Plaintiffs' Status Report
Regarding Photo ID Claims (filed 12/29/15)
- Joint
Report Regarding Trial Presentation and Record (filed 01/08/16)
- Order Denying
Motion to Postpone Trial (filed 01/14/16)
- Opinion and Order Denying Motion
for Preliminary Injunction (filed 01/15/16)
- Plaintiffs'
Pretrial Disclosure (filed 01/15/16)
- Plaintiffs'
Designations of Deposition Testimony (filed 01/15/16)
- Exhibit 1 Andino
- Exhibit 2 Boyd-Malette
- Exhibit 3 Brown
- Exhibit 4 Bucholtz
- Exhibit 5 Coleman
- Exhibit 6 Dishong
- Exhibit 7 Eaton
- Exhibit 8 Foster
- Exhibit 9 Hoard
- Exhibit 10 Kent
- Exhibit 11 Manley
- Exhibit 12 Phillips
- Exhibit 13 Rouse
- Exhibit 14 Sanchez
- Exhibit 15 Thomas
- Exhibit 16 Thorpe
- Exhibit 17 Vashchenko
- Exhibit 18 Webb
- Supplemental Exhibit (filed 01/21/16)
- Plaintiffs
Motion to Exclude in Part the Expert Report of Dr. Stephan Thernstrom (filed 01/18/16)
- Plaintiffs'
Memorandum in support of excluding in part the Expert Report of Dr. Stephan
Thernstrom (filed 01/18/16)
- U.S.'s Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony of Dr. Stephan Thernstrom (filed 01/18/16)
- Defandants' Trial
Brief (filed 01/19/16)
- United States' Trial
Brief (filed 01/19/16)
- NAACP Plaintiffs'
Pre-Trial Brief (filed 01/19/16)
- Memorandum
in opposition of Motions to exclude testimony by Dr. Stephan Thernstrom (filed 01/21/16)
- Order
granting Plaintiffs' motion to be excused from further participation in
proceedings relating to Voter ID claims (filed 01/21/16)
- Defendants'
objections to Plaintiffs' joint exhibit list (filed 01/21/16)
- Plaintiffs'
joint objections to Defendants' pre-trial disclosures (filed 01/21/16) Order
that the motion to seal is denied for failure to provide a supporting brief
(filed 02/02/16) - Transcript of Trial, Volume I on 1/25/16 (Document not available)
- Transcript of Trial, Volume II on 1/26/16 (Document not available)
- Transcript of Trial, Volume III on 1/27/16 (Document not available)
- Transcript of Trial, Volume IV on 01/28/16 (Document not available)
- Transcript of Trial, Volume V held on 01/29/2016
- Transcript of Trial, Volume VI held on 02/01/2016
- Supplemental
Exhibits Submitted Pursuant to the Court's 01/14/2016 (filed 02/11/16)
- Plaintiffs'
Supplemental Exhibits (filed 02/11/16)
- Defendants'
Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (filed 02/24/16)
- Defendants'
Statement Regarding Testimony of Representative Rick Glazier (filed 02/24/16)
- Plaintiffs'
Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (filed 02/24/16)
- Opinion Upholding Voter ID
Law (filed 04/25/16)
- Judgment (filed 04/25/16)
- Notice of Appeal (filed 05/06/16)
- Emergency Motion to Enforce Injunction (filed 10/1/16)
- Order Denying Motion to Enforce Injunction (filed 10/13/16)
- Plaintiffs' Notice of Appeal From Order Denying Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion (filed 10/16/16)
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Documents (first appeal)
- Appellant's Motion to Accelerate Processing
(filed 8/25/14) - Appellee's Corporate Disclosure (filed
9/2/14)
- Appellee's Response to Motion to Accelerate (filed 9/2/14)
- Appellant's Supplemental Authorities (filed
9/4/14)
- Order granting Motion to Accelerate (filed
9/8/14)
- Order Consolidating Cases (filed
9/8/14)
- Order denying Preliminary Injunction (filed 9/9/14)
- Briefing Order (filed 9/9/14)
- Joint Motion to file Separate Merit Briefs (filed 9/11/14)
- Order denying Motion to file Separate Merit
Briefs (filed 9/12/14)
- Joint Motion regarding oral argument (filed 9/12/14)
- Appellant's Brief (filed 9/17/14)
- Appellees' Brief (filed 9/17/14)
- Potential Amici Curiae Allied Educational Watch
and Judicial Watch Brief (filed 9/17/14)
- Statement of United States Views (filed 9/17/14)
- Amicus Curiae Brennan Center for Justice
Brief (filed 9/17/14)
- United States Motion to Participate in Oral
Argument (filed 9/18/14)
- Appellees' Response to Motion to file Amicus
Curiae (filed
9/18/14)
- Appellant's Response to Motion to file Amicus
Curiae (filed
9/18/14)
- Order regarding Oral Argument (filed 9/22/14)
- Opinion (filed 10/01/14)
- Order Reversing in part and Affirming in part
District Court's Decision (filed 10/01/14)
- Mandate (filed
10/01/14)
- Appellee's Motion to Recall Mandate (filed 10/01/14)
- Appellant's Response to Motion to Recall (filed 10/02/14)
- Order denying Motion to Recall (filed 10/02/14)
- Petition for Writ of
Mandamus (filed 10/3/14)
- Motion to Withdraw
Petition for Writ of Mandamus (filed 10/3/14)
- Order Granting
Motion to Withdraw Petition for Writ of Mandamus (filed 10/3/14)
- Supreme Court Remark (filed 10/9/14)
- Order granting Motion to Recall (filed 10/9/14)
- Mandate (filed 5/5/15)
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Documents (second appeal)
- Order (filed 05/09/16)
- Opening Brief of
Appellants NC State Conference of the NAACP et al (filed 05/19/16)
- Brief of U.S. as Appellant (filed 05/19/16)
- Order Extending Stay (filed 06/17/16)
- Appellants' Joint Motion
for Additional Oral Argument Time (filed 6/9/16)
- Brief by Appellees (filed 6/9/16)
- Reply Brief of the U.S. as
Appellant (filed 6/14/16)
- Joint Reply Brief
by Appellants (filed 6/14/16)
- Amicus
Curiae Brief of Judicial Watch and Allied Educational Foundation (filed 6/16/16)
- Amicus
Curiae Brief of Senators Thom Tillis, Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and
the Judicial Education Project (filed 6/16/16)
- Amicus
Curiae Brief of Lawyers Democracy Fund (filed 6/16/16)
- Amicus
Curiae Brief of Pacific Legal Foundation, Center of Equal Opportunity, and
Project 21 (filed 6/16/16)
- Amicus
Curiae Brief of Mountain States Legal Foundation (filed 6/16/16)
- Amicus
Curiae Brief of American Civil Rights Union (filed 6/16/16)
- Amicus Curiae
Brief of Indiana, et al. (filed 6/16/16)
- Oral Argument Held (link to MP3 file on Fourth Circuit site) (6/21/16).
- Appellees' Notice of
Additional Court Action in Cited Case (filed 6/27/16)
- Supplemental
Authorities (filed 7/20/16)
- Supplemental
Authorities Response (filed 7/25/16)
- Opinion (filed 7/29/16)
- Mandate (filed 7/29/16)
- Motion for Stay (filed 8/3/16)
- Order Denying Stay (filed 8/4/16)
- Remark from U.S. Supreme Court that Certiorari Petition filed 12/27/16 (filed 1/3/17)
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Documents (third appeal)
- Plaintiffs-Appellants' Emergency Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal (filed 10/17/16)
- Appellees' Response in Opposition to Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal (filed 10/18/16)
- Order Denying Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal (filed 10/19/16)
- Motion to Dismiss (filed 11/1/16)
- Order Granting Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss (filed 11/1/16)
- Rule 42(b) Mandate Dismissing Appeal (filed 11/1/16)
U.S. Supreme Court Documents
- Emergency Application to Stay Mandate (filed 8/15/16)
- Plaintiffs' Response to Emergency Application (filed 8/25/16)
- U.S. Response to Emergency Application (filed 8/25/16)
- Reply in Support of Emergency Application (filed 8/29/16)
- Order Denying Stay (filed 8/31/16)
- Petition for Writ of Certiorari (filed 12/27/16)
- Respondent United States Brief in Opposition
(filed 1/19/17) - Brief Amici Curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation (filed 1/26/17)
- Brief of Respondents North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP in Opposition (filed 1/30/17)
- Brief Amicus Curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation (filed 1/30/17)
- Reply of
Petitioners North Carolina (filed 2/13/17)
- Reply of the North Carolina Attorney General (filed 3/9/17)
- Private Respondents' Opposition to State's Objection and Conditional Motion to Add North Carolina General Assembly as Additional Petitioner (filed 3/9/17)
- Reply in Support of Conditional Motion (filed 3/15/17)
- Order Denying Petition for Writ of Certiorari (filed 5/15/17)
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Gerrymandering as Viewpoint Discrimination: A "Functional Equivalence" Test
Edward B. Foley
A First Amendment test for identifying when a map is functionally equivalent to a facially discriminatory statute.
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