Legal Opinion
North Carolina State Board of Elections v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 1, 2002No. Civ.A. 021174LFODSTGKPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
' MEMORANDUM
2Per curiam
On June 27, 2002, this Court denied the Counterclaimants’ Emergency Motion for Injunctive Relief, for reasons to be more fully stated in a memorandum to be filed. This is that memorandum.
I. BACKGROUND
On November 13, 2001, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted a redistricting plan for the state Senate and House based on the 2000 census (“the General Assembly’s 2001 plan”). On February 11, 2002, the Department of Justice precleared the General Assembly’s 2001 plan pursuant to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c.
On the same day that the…
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