NORTH CAROLINA STATE CONFERENCE OF NAACP v. BERGER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Peter A. Patterson , COOPER & KIRK PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Stephen K. Wirth , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Washington, D.C.; James Wellner Doggett , NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: David H. Thompson , Nicole J. Moss , Haley N. Proctor , Nicole Frazer Reaves , COOPER & KIRK PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Nathan A. Huff , PHELPS DUNBAR LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellants. Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, Olga E. Vysotskaya de Brito , Special Deputy Attorney General, Paul M. Cox , Special Deputy Attorney General, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees Damon Circosta, Stella E. Anderson, David C. Black, Ken Raymond, and Jefferson Carmon III. Irving Joyner , Cary, North Carolina; Penda D. Hair , Washington, D.C., Caitlin A. Swain , FORWARD JUSTICE, Durham, North Carolina; John C. Ulin , Los Angeles, California, James W. Cooper , Jeremy C. Karpatkin , Andrew T. Tutt , Jacob Zionce , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees 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, and Winston Salem-Forsyth County NAACP.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Harris wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judges Motz, King, Keenan, Wynn, Diaz, Floyd, and Thacker joined. Judge Wilkinson wrote a dissenting opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote a dissenting opinion. Judge Quattlebaum wrote a dissenting opinion, in which Judges Niemeyer, Agee, Richardson, and Rushing joined.