from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, J., joined. Gorsuch, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
Argued. For appellants: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. For appellees: Mark E. Elias, Washington, D. C.; and Nicole A. Saharsky, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Reply of appellants Patrick McCrory, Governor of North Carolina, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Record received from the U.S.D.C. Middle Dist. of North Carolina is electronic.
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Record requested from U.S.D.C. Middle Dist. of North Carolina.
CIRCULATED.
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 5, 2016
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Brief amicus curiae of The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law filed.
Brief amici curiae of Campaign Legal Center, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Brief amicus curiae of The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed.
Brief of appellees David Harris and Christine Bowser filed.
Joint appendix filed (7 Volumes). (Statement of costs filed.)
The time to file the joint appendix and appellants' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 12, 2016.
Record received from U.S.D.C. Middle District of North Carolina (Plaintiffs' Notice of Appeal). The record is electronic.
PROBABLE JURISDICTION NOTED.
Reply of appellants Patrick McCrory, Governor of North Carolina, et al. filed.
Motion to affirm filed by appellees David Harris and Christine Bowser
Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due May 11, 2016)
David Harris and Christine Bowser, Appellant, represented by Marc E. Elias
Roy Cooper, Governor of North Carolina, et al., Appellant, represented by Thomas A. Farr
Roy Cooper, Governor of North Carolina, et al., Appellant, represented by Paul D. Clement
Campaign Legal Center, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul M. Smith
Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Debo P. Adegbile
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Bradley S. Phillips
United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey B. Wall
United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nicole A. Saharsky