Opinion
413PA21-2
03-09-2023
HARPER, et al. v. HALL, et al.
Narendra K. Ghosh, Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For Harper, Rebecca, et al. Terence Steed, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State Board of Elections, et al. Amar Majmundar, Special 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, Raleigh, For Hall, Destin, et al. Alyssa M. Riggins, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hall, Destin, et al. John E. Branch, III, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hall, Destin, et al. Thomas A. Farr, Attorney at law, Raleigh, 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. Hilary H. Klein, 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 Hac Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al. Jessica Ring Amunson, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al. J. Tom Boer, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Common Cause. Olivia T. Molodanof, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Common Cause. E. Mark Braden, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Hall, Destin, et al. Katherine McKnight, Attorney at Law, For Hall, Destin, et al. Abha Khanna, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al. Lalitha D. Madduri, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac 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 Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al. Elisabeth S. Theodore, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al. R. Stanton Jones, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al. Samuel F. Callahan, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al. Chris Lamar, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Campaign Legal Center. Orion de Nevers, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Campaign Legal Center. Ruth Greenwood, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Professor Charles Fried. Theresa Lee, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Professor Charles Fried. Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Professor Charles Fried. Mary Carla Babb, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State Board of Elections, et al. Nathan A. Huff, Attorney at Law, For National Republican Congressional Committee. Jared M. Burtner, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For National Republican Congressional Committee. Kathleen F. Roblez, Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP. Caitlin Swain, Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP. Daryl V. Atkinson, Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP. Ashley Mitchell, Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP. Aviance Brown, Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP. Irving Joyner, Attorney at Law, Durham, For NC NAACP. D. Martin Warf, Attorney at Law, For Hall, Destin, et al. Nathaniel J. Pencook, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hall, Destin, et al. Richard Raile, Attorney at Law, For Hall, Destin, et al. Mark R. Sigmon, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law.
Narendra K. Ghosh, Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Terence Steed, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State Board of Elections, et al.
Amar Majmundar, Special 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, Raleigh, For Hall, Destin, et al.
Alyssa M. Riggins, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hall, Destin, et al.
John E. Branch, III, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hall, Destin, et al.
Thomas A. Farr, Attorney at law, Raleigh, 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.
Hilary H. Klein, 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 Hac Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.
Jessica Ring Amunson, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For N.C. League of Conservation Voters, Inc., et al.
J. Tom Boer, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Common Cause.
Olivia T. Molodanof, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Common Cause.
E. Mark Braden, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Hall, Destin, et al.
Katherine McKnight, Attorney at Law, For Hall, Destin, et al.
Abha Khanna, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Lalitha D. Madduri, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac 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 Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Elisabeth S. Theodore, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
R. Stanton Jones, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Samuel F. Callahan, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Harper, Rebecca, et al.
Chris Lamar, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Campaign Legal Center.
Orion de Nevers, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Campaign Legal Center.
Ruth Greenwood, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Professor Charles Fried.
Theresa Lee, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Professor Charles Fried.
Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Professor Charles Fried.
Mary Carla Babb, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State Board of Elections, et al.
Nathan A. Huff, Attorney at Law, For National Republican Congressional Committee.
Jared M. Burtner, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For National Republican Congressional Committee.
Kathleen F. Roblez, Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP.
Caitlin Swain, Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP.
Daryl V. Atkinson, Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP.
Ashley Mitchell, Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP.
Aviance Brown, Attorney at Law, For NC NAACP.
Irving Joyner, Attorney at Law, Durham, For NC NAACP.
D. Martin Warf, Attorney at Law, For Hall, Destin, et al.
Nathaniel J. Pencook, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hall, Destin, et al.
Richard Raile, Attorney at Law, For Hall, Destin, et al.
Mark R. Sigmon, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law.
The following order has been entered on the motion filed on the 3rd of March 2023 by Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law for leave to file Amicus Curiae Brief:
"Motion Denied per N.C. R. App. P. 31(d) by order of the Court in conference, this the 9th of March 2023."