Legal Opinion
North Carolina v. Convington
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 5, 2017No. 16-1023PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1625 PER CURIAM.
The North Carolina General Assembly redrew state legislative districts in 2011 to account for population changes revealed by the 2010 census. In May 2015, several registered North Carolina voters (here called plaintiffs) brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, alleging that 28 majority-black districts in the new plan were unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. The District Court ruled for the plaintiffs in August 2016, holding that race was the predominant factor in the design of each challenged district, and that in none was that…
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