Legal Opinion
Covington v. North Carolina
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided August 11, 2016No. Case No. 1:15-cv-399PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
James A. Wynn, Jr., United States Circuit Judge
Circuit Judge James A. Wynn, Jr., wrote the opinion, in which District Judge Thomas D. Schroeder and District Judge Catherine C. Eagles joined:
More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court considered a legal challenge to election districts that assigned voters to districts primarily on the basis of race. Shaw v. Reno (Shaw I), 609 U.S. 630, 113 S.Ct. 2816, 126 L.Ed.2d 611 (1993). In holding that the plaintiffs had stated a claim under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Court explained that racial…
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