Legal Opinion
Common Cause v. Rucho
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided August 27, 2018No. 1:16-CV-1026; No. 1:16-CV-1164PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Before WYNN, Circuit Judge, and OSTEEN, District Judge, and BRITT, Senior District Judge.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WYNN, Circuit Judge, wrote the opinion, in which BRITT, Senior District Judge, concurred.
*799TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. BACKGROUND...801
A. THE MODERN HISTORY OF REDISTRICTING IN NORTH CAROLINA ...801
B. THE DRAWING OF THE 2016 PLAN ...803
C. PROCEDURAL HISTORY ...810
II. JURISDICTIONAL ARGUMENTS...814
A. STANDING ...814
1. Equal Protection Clause...815
2. First Amendment...828
3. Article I...831
B. JUSTICIABILITY ...836
1. Governing Law...837
2. Legislative Defendants' Arguments Against Justiciability...843
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- Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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3Cited by12 opinions
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