Wright v. North Carolina

Docket Number14-1329
Decision Date27 May 2015

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  • Moore v. Circosta, 1:20CV911
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Middle District of North Carolina
    • October 14, 2020
    ...occurred where congressional districts did not guarantee "equal representation for equal numbers of people"); Wright v. North Carolina, 787 F.3d 256, 268 (4th Cir. 2015) (invalidating a voter redistricting plan). Second, the Court has found that the Equal Protection Clause is violated where......
  • N.C. State Conference of the Naacp v. Cooper
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Middle District of North Carolina
    • July 2, 2019
    ...S.Ct. 441 ). This "special relation" "requires proximity to and responsibility for the challenged state action." Wright v. North Carolina , 787 F.3d 256, 261–62 (4th Cir. 2015) (quoting S.C. Wildlife Fed'n v. Limehouse, 549 F.3d 324, 333 (4th Cir. 2008) ). However, "[g]eneral authority to e......
  • Raleigh Wake Citizens Ass'n v. Wake Cnty. Bd. of Elections
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit
    • July 1, 2016
    ...violates the one person, one vote principle suffice to survive a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim.” Wright v. North Carolina , 787 F.3d 256, 269 (4th Cir. 2015). We therefore reinstated Plaintiffs' complaint against the Wake County Board of Elections.On remand, the district co......
  • Va. Uranium, Inc. v. McAuliffe, Case No.: 4:15-cv-00031
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Western District of Virginia
    • December 2, 2015
    ...has read the Eleventh Amendment to render States immune from being hauled into federal court by private parties.Wright v. North Carolina , 787 F.3d 256, 261 (4th Cir.2015) (alteration in original) (quoting U.S. Const. amend XI ).[T]he essence of the immunity is that the State cannot be sued......
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2 books & journal articles
  • GERRYMANDERING AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL NORM AGAINST GOVERNMENT PARTISANSHIP.
    • United States
    • Michigan Law Review Vol. 116 No. 3, December 2017
    • December 1, 2017
    ...Republican incumbents as possible."), affd mem., 542 U.S. 947 (2004). (253.) 827 F.3d 333 (4th Cir. 2016). (254.) Wright v. North Carolina, 787 F.3d 256, 267 (4th Cir. 2015). (255.) Raleigh Wake Citizens Ass'n, 827 F.3d at 345 (first citing Harris, 136 S. Ct. at 1307; and then citing Cox v.......
  • STARE DECISIS AND INTERSYSTEMIC ADJUDICATION.
    • United States
    • Notre Dame Law Review Vol. 97 No. 3, March 2022
    • March 1, 2022
    ...Johnson, 467 F.Sd 56, 64-66 (1st Cir. 2006) (applying the dissent-inclusive method to Supreme Court precedent); Wright v. North Carolina, 787 F.3d 256, 268-69 (4th Cir. 2015) (same); Alperin v. Vatican Bank, 410 F.3d 532, 552-53 (9th Cir. 2005) (same); Yankee Atomic Elec. Co. v. United Stat......