Legal Opinion
Common Cause v. Rucho
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided January 16, 2018No. 1:16–CV–1026; No. 1:16–CV–1164PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
*782In a memorandum opinion and order entered January 9, 2018 (the "Order"), this Court held that North Carolina's 2016 Congressional Redistricting Plan (the "2016 Plan") constitutes an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the First Amendment, and Article I of the Constitution. Common Cause v. Rucho ( Common Cause II ), 279 F.Supp.3d 587, 2018 WL 341658 (M.D.N.C. Jan. 9, 2018). Before the Court is a motion (the "Motion") by only the Legislative Defendants1 in this matter-four Republican members of the North Carolina General…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Hilton v. BraunskillSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Agostini v. FeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Joseph Thomas v. Phil BryantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
- Common Cause v. RuchoDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2018
- Joseph Thomas v. Phil BryantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019