Legal Opinion
Calla Wright v. State of North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 27, 2015No. 14-1329PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge GREGORY joined. Judge MOTZ wrote a dissenting opinion.
WYNN, Circuit Judge:
“The right to vote is protected in more than the initial allocation of the franchise. Equal protection applies as well to the manner of its exercise. Having once granted the right to vote on equal terms, the State may not, by later arbitrary and disparate treatment, value one person’s vote over that of another.” Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98, 104-05, 121 S.Ct. 525, 148 L.Ed.2d 388 (2000) (citation…
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