North Carolina v. Covington

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-1364	M.D.N.C.	Not Argued	Jun 28, 2018	n/a	Per Curiam	OT 2017

Holding: The district court’s order is affirmed insofar as it provided a court-drawn remedy for Senate Districts 21 and 28 and House Districts 21 and 57 and reversed as to the court’s actions concerning the legislature’s redrawing of House districts in Wake and Mecklenburg Counties.

Judgment: Affirmed in part and reversed in part in a per curiam opinion on June 28, 2018. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Mar 26 2018	Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due April 27, 2018)
Apr 27 2018	Motion to affirm filed by appellees Sandra Little Covington, et al.
May 15 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/31/2018.
May 15 2018	Reply of appellants State of North Carolina, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 04 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/7/2018.
Jun 11 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018.
Jun 18 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.
Jun 26 2018	Supplemental brief of appellants State of North Carolina, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 27 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2018.
Jun 28 2018	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED in part and REVERSED in part. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion). Justice Thomas, dissenting. (Detached Opinion)
Jul 30 2018	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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