Legal Opinion

Dickson v. Rucho

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 18, 2015No. 201PA12-3PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEWBY, Justice.

Following the 2010 Decennial Census, the General Assembly of North Carolina enacted redistricting plans for the North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives, and for the North Carolina districts for the United States House of Representatives. Plaintiffs challenge the legality of these plans, arguing that they violate the Constitutions of the United States and of North Carolina, controlling federal statutes, and applicable decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States (the Supreme Court) and the Supreme Court of North Carolina. The three-judge panel1 reviewing the…

2Cases cited59 opinions

  1. City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Bartlett v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  4. Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
  5. Nordlinger v. HahnSupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Cooper v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 2017
  2. North Carolina State Conference of NAACP v. McCroryDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2016
  3. Harris v. McCroryDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2016
  4. Covington v. North CarolinaDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2016
  5. Common Cause v. RuchoDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2018

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