Legal Opinion
Dean v. Leake
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided March 17, 2008No. 2:07-cv-51PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROBERT J. CONRAD, JR., Chief Judge.
This matter comes before the three-judge Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction. 1 Due to the proximity of the candidates filing for the 2008 election, we issued an order without accompanying memorandum following the January 25 hearing, denying equitable relief. We now explain our reasoning.
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Plaintiffs are citizens of the United States and voters in North Carolina state legislative districts. They filed a complaint and motion for preliminary injunction on November 21, 2007, to rectify alleged constitutional defects in the…
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