Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
21-248	4th Cir.	Mar 21, 2022	Jun 23, 2022	8-1	Gorsuch	OT 2021

Holding: The speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the North Carolina State Senate are entitled to intervene in this litigation challenging North Carolina"s voter-ID law.

Judgment: Reversed, 8-1, in an opinion by Justice Gorsuch on June 23, 2022. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Announcement of opinions for Thursday, June 23 (complete) (Angie Gou, June 23, 2022)
North Carolina Republican lawmakers win right to intervene in court and defend states voter-ID law (Amy Howe, June 23, 2022)
With Thomas in hospital, eight justices hear N.C. Republicans plea to intervene in voter-ID lawsuit (Amy Howe, March 22, 2022)
In North Carolina voter-ID case, another question of intervention driven by partisan tension (Amy Howe, March 18, 2022)
Two more cases involving religious exercise claims (John Elwood, March 16, 2022)
Court sets quiet March argument calendar (Amy Howe, January 28, 2022)
No new relists, but one likely grant in an international child custody case (John Elwood, December 2, 2021)
Court will consider effort by North Carolina legislators to intervene to defend state voter-ID law (Amy Howe, November 24, 2021)
Legislative intervention to defend a law (John Elwood, November 17, 2021)
North Carolinas voter-ID lawsuit, racial bias in juries and a veterans disability claim (Andrew Hamm, September 3, 2021)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/19/2021	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 22, 2021)
08/26/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 22, 2021 to October 13, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
08/27/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 13, 2021.
10/13/2021	Waiver of right of respondents North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP, Greensboro NAACP, High Point NAACP, Moore County NAACP, Stokes County Branch of the NAACP, Winston Salem-Forsyth County NAACP to respond filed.
10/13/2021	Brief of respondents Damon Circosta, et al. in opposition filed.
10/27/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
10/27/2021	Reply of petitioners Philip E. Berger, et al. filed. (Distributed)
11/15/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/19/2021.
11/24/2021	Petition GRANTED.
01/10/2022	Brief of petitioners Philip E. Berger, et al. filed.
01/10/2022	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed)
01/17/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Republican State Leadership Committee filed.
01/17/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
01/17/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Legislature filed.
01/18/2022	Brief amici curiae of Lawyers Democracy Fund and Rep. Rodney Davis filed.
01/18/2022	Brief amicus curiae of American Legislative Exchange Council filed.
01/18/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Republican National Committee filed.
01/18/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Honest Elections Project filed.
01/18/2022	Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed.
01/26/2022	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.
01/28/2022	ARGUMENT SET FOR Monday, March 21, 2022.
02/09/2022	Brief of NAACP respondents filed.
02/09/2022	Brief of State respondents filed. (Distributed)
02/11/2022	CIRCULATED
02/16/2022	Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed. (Distributed)
02/16/2022	Brief amici curiae of Retired Federal Judges filed. (Distributed)
02/16/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Robert F. Orr filed. (Distributed)
02/16/2022	Brief amici curiae of Minnesota, Wisconsin, et al. filed. (Distributed)
02/16/2022	Motion for divided argument filed by respondents.
02/16/2022	Record received from the U.S.D.A. North Carolina Middle District has been electronically filed.
03/07/2022	Motion for divided argument filed by respondents GRANTED.
03/08/2022	Reply of petitioners Philip E. Berger, et al. filed. (Distributed)
03/21/2022	Argued. For petitioners: David H. Thompson, Washington, D. C. For NAACP respondents: Elisabeth S. Theodore, Washington, D. C. For state respondents: Sarah Boyce, Deputy Solicitor General, Raleigh, N. C.
06/23/2022	Judgment REVERSED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
07/25/2022	JUDGMENT ISSUED