N.C. State Conference of the NAACP v. McCrory
| Decision Date | 29 July 2016 |
| Docket Number | No. 16-1474, No. 16-1469, No. 16-1529,No. 16-1468,16-1468 |
| Parties | North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP; Rosanell Eaton; Emmanuel Baptist Church; Bethel A. Baptist Church ; Covenant Presbyterian Church; Barbee's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Inc.; Armenta Eaton; Carolyn Coleman; Jocelyn Ferguson–Kelly; Faith Jackson; Mary Perry, Maria Teresa Unger Palmer, Plaintiffs–Appellants, and John Doe 1; Jane Doe 1; John Doe 2; Jane Doe 2; John Doe 3; Jane Doe 3; New Oxley Hill Baptist Church; Clinton Tabernacle Ame Zion Church ; Baheeyah Madany, Plaintiffs, v. Patrick L. McCrory, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of North Carolina; Kim Westbrook Strach, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections ; Joshua B. Howard, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections ; Rhonda K. Amoroso, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections ; Joshua D. Malcolm, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections ; Paul J. Foley, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections ; Maja Kricker, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections ; James Baker, in his official capacity as a member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, Defendants–Appellees. Constitutional Accountability Center ; Stacey Stitt; Maria Diaz ; Robert Gundrum; Misty Taylor ; Service Employees International Union; Democracy North Carolina; UNC Center for Civil Rights; Pearlein Revels; Louise Mitchell ; Eric Locklear ; Anita Hammonds Blanks, Amici Supporting Appellants, Judicial Watch, Incorporated; Allied Educational Foundation; Thom Tillis; Lindsey Graham; Ted Cruz; Mike Lee; Judicial Education Project ; Lawyers Democracy Fund; Mountain States Legal Foundation ; American Civil Rights Union ; State of Indiana; State of Alabama; State of Arizona; State of Arkansas; State of Georgia; State of Kansas; State of Michigan; State of North Dakota; State of Ohio; State of Oklahoma; State of South Carolina; State of Texas; State of West Virginia; State of Wisconsin; Pacific Legal Foundation; Center For Equal Opportunity; Project 21, Amici Supporting Appellees. League of Women Voters of North Carolina; North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute; Unifour OneStop Collaborative; Common Cause North Carolina; Goldie Wells; Kay Brandon; Octavia Rainey; Sara Stohler; Hugh Stohler, Plaintiffs, Charles M. Gray ; Asgod Barrantes; Mary–Wren Ritchie, Intervenors/Plaintiffs, and Louis M. Duke; Josue E. Berduo; Nancy J. Lund; Brian M. Miller; Becky Hurley Mock; Lynne M. Walter; Ebony N. West, Intervenors/Plaintiffs–Appellants, v. State of North Carolina; Joshua B. Howard, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Rhonda K. Amoroso, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Joshua D. Malcolm, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Paul J. Foley, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Maja Kricker, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Patrick L. McCrory, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of North Carolina, Defendants–Appellees. Constitutional Accountability Center ; Stacey Stitt; Maria Diaz ; Robert Gundrum; Misty Taylor ; Service Employees International Union; Democracy North Carolina; UNC Center For Civil Rights; Pearlein Revels; Louise Mitchell ; Eric Locklear ; Anita Hammonds Blanks, Amici Supporting Appellants, Judicial Watch, Incorporated; Allied Educational Foundation; Thom Tillis; Lindsey Graham; Ted Cruz; Mike Lee; Judicial Education Project ; Lawyers Democracy Fund; Mountain States Legal Foundation ; American Civil Rights Union ; State of Indiana; State of Alabama; State of Arizona; State of Arkansas; State of Georgia; State of Kansas; State of Michigan; State of North Dakota; State of Ohio; State of Oklahoma; State of South Carolina; State of Texas; State of West Virginia; State of Wisconsin; Pacific Legal Foundation; Center For Equal Opportunity; Project 21, Amici Supporting Appellees. League of Women Voters of North Carolina; North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute; Unifour OneStop Collaborative; Common Cause North Carolina; Goldie Wells; Kay Brandon; Octavia Rainey; Sara Stohler; Hugh Stohler, Plaintiffs–Appellants, and Louis M. Duke; Charles M. Gray ; Asgod Barrantes; Josue E. Berduo; Brian M. Miller; Nancy J. Lund; Becky Hurley Mock; Mary–Wren Ritchie; Lynne M. Walter; Ebony N. West, Intervenors/Plaintiffs, v. State of North Carolina; Joshua B. Howard, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Rhonda K. Amoroso, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Joshua D. Malcolm, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Paul J. Foley, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Maja Kricker, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Patrick L. McCrory, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of North Carolina, Defendants–Appellees. Constitutional Accountability Center ; Stacey Stitt; Maria Diaz ; Robert Gundrum; Misty Taylor ; Service Employees International Union; Democracy North Carolina; UNC Center For Civil Rights; Pearlein Revels; Louise Mitchell ; Eric Locklear ; Anita Hammonds Blanks, Amici Supporting Appellants, Judicial Watch, Incorporated; Allied Educational Foundation; Thom Tillis; Lindsey Graham; Ted Cruz; Mike Lee; Judicial Education Project ; Lawyers Democracy Fund; Mountain States Legal Foundation ; American Civil Rights Union ; State of Indiana; State of Alabama; State of Arizona; State of Arkansas; State of Georgia; State of Kansas; State of Michigan; State of North Dakota; State of Ohio; State of Oklahoma; State of South Carolina; State of Texas; State of West Virginia; State of Wisconsin; Pacific Legal Foundation; Center For Equal Opportunity; Project 21, Amici Supporting Appellees. United States of America, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. State of North Carolina; North Carolina State Board of Elections; Kim Westbrook Strach, Defendants–Appellees, and Christina Kelley Gallegos–Merrill; Judicial Watch, Incorporated, Intervenors/Defendants. Constitutional Accountability Center ; Stacey Stitt; Maria Diaz ; Robert Gundrum; Misty Taylor ; Service Employees International Union; Democracy North Carolina; UNC Center For Civil Rights; Pearlein Revels; Louise Mitchell ; Eric Locklear ; Anita Hammonds Blanks, Amici Supporting Appellant, Judicial Watch, Incorporated; Allied Educational Foundation; Thom Tillis; Lindsey Graham; Ted Cruz; Mike Lee; Judicial Education Project ; Lawyers Democracy Fund; Mountain States Legal Foundation ; American Civil Rights Union ; State of Indiana; State of Alabama; State of Arizona; State of Arkansas; State of Georgia; State of Kansas; State of Michigan; State of North Dakota; State of Ohio; State of Oklahoma; State of South Carolina; State of Texas; State of West Virginia; State of Wisconsin; Pacific Legal Foundation; Center For Equal Opportunity; Project 21, Amici Supporting Appellees. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit |
831 F.3d 204
North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP; Rosanell Eaton; Emmanuel Baptist Church; Bethel A. Baptist Church ; Covenant Presbyterian Church; Barbee's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Inc.; Armenta Eaton; Carolyn Coleman; Jocelyn Ferguson–Kelly; Faith Jackson; Mary Perry, Maria Teresa Unger Palmer, Plaintiffs–Appellants,
and
John Doe 1; Jane Doe 1; John Doe 2; Jane Doe 2; John Doe 3; Jane Doe 3; New Oxley Hill Baptist Church; Clinton Tabernacle Ame Zion Church ; Baheeyah Madany, Plaintiffs,
v.
Patrick L. McCrory, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of North Carolina; Kim Westbrook Strach, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections ; Joshua B. Howard, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections ; Rhonda K. Amoroso, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections ; Joshua D. Malcolm, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections ; Paul J. Foley, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections ; Maja Kricker, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections ; James Baker, in his official capacity as a member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, Defendants–Appellees.
Constitutional Accountability Center ; Stacey Stitt; Maria Diaz ; Robert Gundrum; Misty Taylor ; Service Employees International Union; Democracy North Carolina; UNC Center for Civil Rights; Pearlein Revels; Louise Mitchell ; Eric Locklear ; Anita Hammonds Blanks, Amici Supporting Appellants,
Judicial Watch, Incorporated; Allied Educational Foundation; Thom Tillis; Lindsey Graham; Ted Cruz; Mike Lee; Judicial Education Project ; Lawyers Democracy Fund; Mountain States Legal Foundation ; American Civil Rights Union ; State of Indiana; State of Alabama; State of Arizona; State of Arkansas; State of Georgia; State of Kansas; State of Michigan; State of North Dakota; State of Ohio; State of Oklahoma; State of South Carolina; State of Texas; State of West Virginia; State of Wisconsin; Pacific Legal Foundation; Center For Equal Opportunity; Project 21, Amici Supporting Appellees.
League of Women Voters of North Carolina; North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute; Unifour OneStop Collaborative; Common Cause North Carolina; Goldie Wells; Kay Brandon; Octavia Rainey; Sara Stohler; Hugh Stohler, Plaintiffs,
Charles M. Gray ; Asgod Barrantes; Mary–Wren Ritchie, Intervenors/Plaintiffs,
and
Louis M. Duke; Josue E. Berduo; Nancy J. Lund; Brian M. Miller; Becky Hurley Mock; Lynne M. Walter; Ebony N. West, Intervenors/Plaintiffs–Appellants,
v.
State of North Carolina; Joshua B. Howard, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Rhonda K. Amoroso, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Joshua D. Malcolm, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Paul J. Foley, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Maja Kricker, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Patrick L. McCrory, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of North Carolina, Defendants–Appellees.
Constitutional Accountability Center ; Stacey Stitt; Maria Diaz ; Robert Gundrum; Misty Taylor ; Service Employees International Union; Democracy North Carolina; UNC Center For Civil Rights; Pearlein Revels; Louise Mitchell ; Eric Locklear ; Anita Hammonds Blanks, Amici Supporting Appellants,
Judicial Watch, Incorporated; Allied Educational Foundation; Thom Tillis; Lindsey Graham; Ted Cruz; Mike Lee; Judicial Education Project ; Lawyers Democracy Fund; Mountain States Legal Foundation ; American Civil Rights Union ; State of Indiana; State of Alabama; State of Arizona; State of Arkansas; State of Georgia; State of Kansas; State of Michigan; State of North Dakota; State of Ohio; State of Oklahoma; State of South Carolina; State of Texas; State of West Virginia; State of Wisconsin; Pacific Legal Foundation; Center For Equal Opportunity; Project 21, Amici Supporting Appellees.
League of Women Voters of North Carolina; North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute; Unifour OneStop Collaborative; Common Cause North Carolina; Goldie Wells; Kay Brandon; Octavia Rainey; Sara Stohler; Hugh Stohler, Plaintiffs–Appellants,
and
Louis M. Duke; Charles M. Gray ; Asgod Barrantes; Josue E. Berduo; Brian M. Miller; Nancy J. Lund; Becky Hurley Mock; Mary–Wren Ritchie; Lynne M. Walter; Ebony N. West, Intervenors/Plaintiffs,
v.
State of North Carolina; Joshua B. Howard, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Rhonda K. Amoroso, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Joshua D. Malcolm, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Paul J. Foley, in his official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Maja Kricker, in her official capacity as a member of the State Board of Elections; Patrick L. McCrory, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of North Carolina, Defendants–Appellees.
Constitutional Accountability Center ; Stacey Stitt; Maria Diaz ; Robert Gundrum; Misty Taylor ; Service Employees International Union; Democracy North Carolina; UNC Center For Civil Rights; Pearlein Revels; Louise Mitchell ; Eric Locklear ; Anita Hammonds Blanks, Amici Supporting Appellants,
Judicial Watch, Incorporated; Allied Educational Foundation; Thom Tillis; Lindsey Graham; Ted Cruz; Mike Lee; Judicial Education Project ; Lawyers Democracy Fund; Mountain States Legal Foundation ; American Civil Rights Union ; State of Indiana; State of Alabama; State of Arizona; State of Arkansas; State of Georgia; State of Kansas; State of Michigan; State of North Dakota; State of Ohio; State of Oklahoma; State of South Carolina; State of Texas; State of West Virginia; State of Wisconsin; Pacific Legal Foundation; Center For Equal Opportunity; Project 21, Amici Supporting Appellees.
United States of America, Plaintiff–Appellant,
v.
State of North Carolina; North Carolina State Board of Elections; Kim Westbrook Strach, Defendants–Appellees,
and
Christina Kelley Gallegos–Merrill; Judicial Watch, Incorporated, Intervenors/Defendants.
Constitutional Accountability Center ; Stacey Stitt; Maria Diaz ; Robert Gundrum; Misty Taylor ; Service Employees International Union; Democracy North Carolina; UNC Center For Civil Rights; Pearlein Revels; Louise Mitchell ; Eric Locklear ; Anita Hammonds Blanks, Amici Supporting Appellant,
Judicial Watch, Incorporated; Allied Educational Foundation; Thom Tillis; Lindsey Graham; Ted Cruz; Mike Lee; Judicial Education Project ; Lawyers Democracy Fund; Mountain States Legal Foundation ; American Civil Rights Union ; State of Indiana; State of Alabama; State of Arizona; State of Arkansas; State of Georgia; State of Kansas; State of Michigan; State of North Dakota; State of Ohio; State of Oklahoma; State of South Carolina; State of Texas; State of West Virginia; State of Wisconsin; Pacific Legal Foundation; Center For Equal Opportunity; Project 21, Amici Supporting Appellees.
No. 16-1468
No. 16-1469
No. 16-1474
No. 16-1529
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Argued: June 21, 2016
Decided: July 29, 2016
ARGUED: Anna Marks Baldwin, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Penda D. Hair, Advancement Project, Washington, D.C.; Allison Jean Riggs, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellants. Thomas A. Farr, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Raleigh, North Carolina; Alexander McClure Peters, North Carolina Department Of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Denise D. Lieberman, Donita Judge, Caitlin Swain, Advancement Project, Washington, D.C.; Irving Joyner, Cary, North Carolina; Adam Stein, Tin Fulton Walker & Owen, PLLC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Daniel T. Donovan, Bridget K. O'Connor, K. Winn Allen, Michael A. Glick, Ronald K. Anguas, Jr., Madelyn A. Morris, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants North Carolina State Conference of Branches of the NAACP, Rosanell Eaton, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Bethel A. Baptist Church, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Barbee's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Inc., Armenta Eaton, Carolyn Coleman, Jocelyn Ferguson–Kelly, Faith Jackson, Mary Perry, and Maria Teresa Unger Palmer. Edwin M. Speas, John O'Hale, Caroline P. Mackie, Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina; Joshua L. Kaul, Madison, Wisconsin, Marc E. Elias, Bruce V. Spiva, Elisabeth C. Frost, Amanda Callais, Washington, D.C., Abha Khanna, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Appellants Louis M. Duke, Josue E. Berduo, Nancy J. Lund, Brian M. Miller, Becky Hurley Mock, Lynne M. Walter, and Ebony N. West. Dale E. Ho, Julie A. Ebenstein, Sophia Lin Lakin, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., New York, New York; Christopher Brook, ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Raleigh, North Carolina; Anita S. Earls, George Eppsteiner, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Durham, North Carolina for Appellants League of Women Voters of North Carolina, North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute, Unifour Onestop Collaborative, Common Cause North Carolina, Goldie Wells, Kay Brandon, Octavia Rainey, Sara Stohler, and Hugh Stohler. Ripley Rand, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, Gill P. Beck, Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, Gregory B. Friel, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Justin Levitt, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Diana K. Flynn, Christine H. Ku, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant United States of America. L. Gray Geddie, Jr., Phillip J. Strach, Michael D....
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