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Docket for 21-248

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
Questions Presented

Proceedings and Orders

Aug 19 2021

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 22, 2021)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Aug 26 2021

Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 22, 2021 to October 13, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document

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.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Oct 27 2021

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.

Oct 27 2021

Reply of petitioners Philip E. Berger, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

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.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

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.
Proof of Service Main Document Certificate of Word Count

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.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

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.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jan 18 2022

Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

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.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Feb 09 2022

Brief of State respondents filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

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)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

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

Attorneys

Attorneys for Petitioners

David H. Thompson
Counsel of Record

Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
dthompson@cooperkirk.com
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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 Attorneys

Andrew Harry Erteschik
Counsel of Record

Poyner Spruill LLP
P.O. Box 1801
Raleigh, NC 27602-1801
aerteschik@poynerspruill.com
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (571) 400-2120
Party name: Republican National Committee