North Carolina v. Covington
Judgment affirmed by summary disposition on June 5, 2017
Issues: (1) Whether any of the district court's extensive findings of fact regarding the twenty-eight racially gerrymandered legislative districts at issue here are clearly erroneous; and (2) whether the district court correctly applied Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama in holding that race predominated in the drawing of twenty-eight legislative districts in North Carolina, and correctly applied this Court's rulings in Johnson v. De Grandy and Bartlett v. Strickland in holding that those districts were not narrowly tailored to the compelling governmental interest of compliance with the Voting Rights Act.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Nov 14 2016 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due December 16, 2016) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Motion to affirm filed by appellees Sandra Little Covington, et al. |
| Dec 30 2016 | Response to motion to affirm from appellants North Carolina, et al., Appellants filed. |
| Jan 3 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 19, 2017. |
| May 22 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2017. |
| May 24 2017 | Supplemental brief of appellants North Carolina, et al., Appellants filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| May 30 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 1, 2017. |
| May 31 2017 | Response to supplemental brief from appellees Sandra Little Covington, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jun 5 2017 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. |
| Jun 6 2017 | Application (16A1202) for issuance of the judgment forthwith, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Jun 7 2017 | Response to application (16A1202) requested by The Chief Justice, due Tuesday, June 13, 2017, by 3 p.m. ET. |
| Jun 13 2017 | Response to application from Philip E. Berger, et al. filed. |
| Jun 13 2017 | Response to application from North Carolina, et al. filed. |
| Jun 14 2017 | Reply of Sandra Little Covington, et al. filed. |
| Jun 15 2017 | Application (16A1202) referred to the Court. |
| Jun 15 2017 | Application (16A1202) denied by the Court. |
| Jun 30 2017 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
