North Carolina Cases January 26, 2022: Harper v. Hall
Court: North Carolina Supreme Court
Date: Jan. 26, 2022
Case Description
867 S.E.2d 313 (Mem)
Rebecca HARPER, et al., Plaintiffs,
North Carolina League of Conservation Voters, Inc.; Henry M. Michaux, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs,
Common Cause, Plaintiff-Intervenor,
v.
Representative Destin HALL, in his official capacity as Chair of the House Standing Committee on Redistricting, et al., Defendants.
No. 413PA21
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
January 26, 2022
Narendra K. Ghosh, Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Terence Steed, Assistant Attorney General, For State Board of Elections, et al.
Amar Majmundar, Senior Deputy Attorney General, For State Board of Elections, et al.
Stephanie A. Brennan, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State Board of Elections, et al.
Burton Craige, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Paul E. Smith, Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Phillip J. Strach, Attorney at Law, For Hall, Destin, et al.
Alyssa Riggins, Attorney at Law, For Hall, Destin, et al.
John E. Branch, III, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hall, Destin, et al.
Thomas A. Farr, Attorney at law, For Hall, Destin, et al.
Stephen D. Feldman, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.
Adam K. Doerr, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.
Erik R. Zimmerman, Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.
Ryan Y. Park, Solicitor General, For Gov. Cooper and AG Stein.
James W. Doggett, Deputy Solicitor General, For Gov. Cooper and AG Stein.
Zachary W. Ezor, Solicitor General Fellow, For Gov. Cooper and AG Stein.
Kellie Z. Myers, Trial Court Administrator.
James R. Morgan, Jr., Attorney at Law, Winston-Salem, For NC Sheriffs' Association, et al.
Sean F. Perrin, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For NC Sheriffs' Association, et al.
Edmond W. Caldwell, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, For NC Sheriffs' Association, et al.
Matthew L. Boyatt, Assistant Attorney General, For NC Sheriffs' Association, et al.
Hilary H. Klein, Attorney at Law, For Common Cause.
Allison J. Riggs, Attorney at Law, For Common Cause.
Mitchell Brown, Attorney at Law, For Common Cause.
Katelin Kaiser, Attorney at Law, For Common Cause.
Jeffrey Loperfido, Attorney at Law, For Common Cause.
Noor Taj, Attorney at Law, For Common Cause.
Edwin Speas, Attorney at Law, For Buncombe County Board of Commissioners.
Caroline P. Mackie, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Professor Charles Fried.
Sam Hirsch, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.
Jessica Ring Amunson, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.
Zachary C. Schauf, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.
Urja Mittal, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.
Karthik P. Reddy, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.
J. Tom Boer, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Common Cause.
Olivia T. Molodanof, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Common Cause.
E. Mark Braden, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Hall, Destin, et al.
Katherine Mcknight, Attorney at Law, For Hall, Destin, et al.
Abha Khanna, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Lalitha D. Madduri, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Abraham Rubert-Schewel, Attorney at Law, For Campaign Legal Center.
William C. McKinney, Attorney at Law, For Former Governors.
John R. Wester, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc.
Jacob D. Shelly, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Graham W. White, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Elisabeth S. Theodore, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
R. Stanton Jones, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Samuel F. Callahan, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Chris Lamar, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Campaign Legal Center.
Orion de Nevers, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Campaign Legal Center.
Ruth Greenwood, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Professor Charles Fried.
Theresa Lee, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Professor Charles Fried.
Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Attorney at Law, Pro Hae Vice, For Professor Charles Fried.
[867 S.E.2d 315]
ORDER
The NCLCV Plaintiffs’, Harper Plaintiffs’, and Plaintiff-Intervenor Common Cause's (together, "plaintiffs-appellants") motion to extend the time allowed for oral argument is allowed only as follows: the time for oral argument will be extended both for the plaintiffs-appellants collectively, and for the defendants-appellees collectively, to forty-five minutes for each side pursuant to North Carolina Rule of Appellate Procedure 30(b). The plaintiffs-appellants’ collective total of forty-five minutes for oral argument, including main argument and rebuttal, shall be divided equally among the three plaintiffs-appellants unless they agree otherwise. The defendants-appellees’ collective total of forty-five minutes for oral argument shall be divided equally between the two defendants-appellees unless they agree otherwise.
By order of this Court in Conference, this 26th day of January, 2022.