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No. 21-248
Title:	Philip E. Berger, et al., Petitioners v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al.
Docketed:	August 23, 2021

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(19-2273)
Decision Date:	June 7, 2021
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Aug 19 2021	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 22, 2021)
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Aug 26 2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 22, 2021 to October 13, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
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Aug 27 2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 13, 2021.

Oct 13 2021	Waiver of right of respondents North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP, Greensboro NAACP, High Point NAACP, Moore County NAACP, Stokes County Branch of the NAACP, Winston Salem-Forsyth County NAACP to respond filed.
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Oct 13 2021	Brief of respondents Damon Circosta, et al. in opposition filed.
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Oct 27 2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.

Oct 27 2021	Reply of petitioners Philip E. Berger, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Nov 15 2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/19/2021.

Nov 24 2021	Petition GRANTED.

Jan 10 2022	Brief of petitioners Philip E. Berger, et al. filed.
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Jan 10 2022	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed)
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Jan 17 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Republican State Leadership Committee filed.
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Jan 17 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
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Jan 17 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Legislature filed.
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Jan 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Lawyers Democracy Fund and Rep. Rodney Davis filed.
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Jan 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of American Legislative Exchange Council filed.
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Jan 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Republican National Committee filed.
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Jan 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Honest Elections Project filed.
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Jan 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed.
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Jan 26 2022	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.

Jan 28 2022	ARGUMENT SET FOR Monday, March 21, 2022.

Feb 09 2022	Brief of NAACP respondents filed.
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Feb 09 2022	Brief of State respondents filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 11 2022	CIRCULATED

Feb 16 2022	Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 16 2022	Brief amici curiae of Retired Federal Judges filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 16 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Robert F. Orr filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 16 2022	Brief amici curiae of Minnesota, Wisconsin, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 16 2022	Motion for divided argument filed by respondents.
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Feb 16 2022	Record received from the U.S.D.A. North Carolina Middle District has been electronically filed.

Mar 07 2022	Motion for divided argument filed by respondents GRANTED.

Mar 08 2022	Reply of petitioners Philip E. Berger, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 21 2022	Argued. For petitioners: David H. Thompson, Washington, D. C. For NAACP respondents: Elisabeth S. Theodore, Washington, D. C. For state respondents: Sarah Boyce, Deputy Solicitor General, Raleigh, N. C.

Jun 23 2022	Judgment REVERSED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Jul 25 2022	JUDGMENT ISSUED

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
David H. Thompson Counsel of Record	Cooper & Kirk, PLLC 1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 dthompson@cooperkirk.com	202-220-9600
Party name: Philip E. Berger, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents
Ryan Young Park Counsel of Record	North Carolina Department of Justice P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602 rpark@ncdoj.gov	9197166400
Party name: Damon Circosta, Stella Anderson, Jefferson Carmon III, Stacy Eggers IV, and Wyatt T. Tucker, Sr., in their official capacities as Chair, Secretary, and members of the North Carolina State Board of Elections
Elisabeth Susan Theodore Counsel of Record	Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington, DC 20001 elisabeth.theodore@arnoldporter.com	202-942-5891
Party name: North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP, Greensboro NAACP, High Point NAACP, Moore County NAACP, Stokes County Branch of the NAACP, Winston Salem-Forsyth County NAACP
Sarah Gardner Boyce	NC Department of Justice Post Office Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602 sboyce@ncdoj.gov	7046747708
Party name: Damon Circosta, Stella Anderson, Jefferson Carmon III, Stacy Eggers IV, and Wyatt T. Tucker, Sr., in their official capacities as Chair, Secretary, and members of the North Carolina State Board of Elections
Stephen Kent Wirth	Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20001 stephen.wirth@arnoldporter.com	(202) 942-6739
Party name: North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP, Greensboro NAACP, High Point NAACP, Moore County NAACP, Stokes County Branch of the NAACP, Winston Salem-Forsyth County NAACP
Other
Andrew Harry Erteschik Counsel of Record	Poyner Spruill LLP P.O. Box 1801 Raleigh, NC 27602-1801 aerteschik@poynerspruill.com	919-783-2895
Party name: Former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Robert F. Orr
Adam Scott Gershenson Counsel of Record	Cooley LLP 500 Boylston Street, 14th Floor Boston, MA 02116 agershenson@cooley.com	(617) 937-2300
Party name: Federal Courts Scholars
Michael Julian Gottlieb Counsel of Record	WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP 1875 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 MGottlieb@willkie.com	2023031442
Party name: Retired Federal Judges
Elizabeth Catherine Kramer Counsel of Record	Office of the Minnesota Attorney General 445 Minnesota Street Suite 1100 Saint Paul, MN 55101 liz.kramer@ag.state.mn.us	6517571010
Party name: States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, et al as amici curiae
Jonathan Philip Lienhard Counsel of Record	Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC 15405 John Marshall Hwy Haymarket, VA 20169 jlienhard@holtzmanvogel.com	15403418809
Party name: Honest Elections Project
Taylor Ann Rausch Meehan Counsel of Record	Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Blvd. Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22209 taylor@consovoymccarthy.com	703-243-9423
Party name: Wisconsin Legislature
Richard Bryan Raile Counsel of Record	Baker & Hostetler, LLP 1050 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20036 rraile@bakerlaw.com	202-861-1711
Party name: Lawyers Democracy Fund and Rep. Rodney Davis
Brunn Wall Roysden III Counsel of Record	Office of the Attorney General 2005 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004 beau.roysden@azag.gov	602-542-5025
Party name: Arizona, et al.
Charles Robert Spies Counsel of Record	Dickinson Wright PLLC 1825 Eye Street NW STE 900 Washington, DC 20006 cspies@dickinsonwright.com	202-466-5964
Party name: Republican State Leadership Committee
Daniel Robert Suhr Counsel of Record	Liberty Justice Center 141 W. Jackson Blvd. Suite 1065 Chicago, IL 60604 dsuhr@libertyjusticecenter.org	312-637-2280
Party name: Liberty Justice Center
Jason Brett Torchinsky Counsel of Record	Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC 15405 John Marshall Hwy Haymarket, VA 20169 jtorchinsky@holtzmanvogel.com	540 341 8808
Party name: American Legislative Exchange Council
David Alan Warrington Counsel of Record	Dhillon Law Group, Inc. 2121 Eisenhower Avenue Suite 402 Alexandria, VA 22314 david.warrington@kutakrock.com	(571) 400-2120
Party name: Republican National Committee