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NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

3 Dec 2021

C-86-676-G), that provided for the elimination of election of all commissioners at large and implementation of a plan to elect five of seven 1 The plaintiffs, defendants, and intervenor all use “consent order” to describe the resolution of the case. [...] The movant for a preliminary injunction has the burden of showing the right to the injunction, and to do so must demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits and of irreparable harm if the injunction is not granted. [...] The parties to the federal action entered into a settlement agreement, among the terms of which was the elimination of total at large election of commissioners and creation of an electoral districting plan providing for seven commissioner seats, five of which were to be single-seat districts and two to be at large seats, with two of the five districts to be majority-black districts. [...] The districts formed by the Resolution as shown on a map appear to be substantially similar to those shown on a map of the districts as they existed immediately before the adoption of the Resolution (that is, the 2011 map, referred to as the “benchmark plan”). [...] They include a question concerning the court’s subject matter jurisdiction relating to relief apparently sought with respect to the “consent order”; and whether as to other claims the plaintiffs have met their burden of showing likelihood of success on the merits, particularly with respect to the plaintiffs have standing to assert their claims, and the alleged violations of equal protection and th.

Authors

Davis, Lindsay R.

Pages
11
Published in
United States of America