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BARTLETT v. STRICKLAND

No. 07-689.

129 S.Ct. 1231 (2009)

556 U.S. 1

173 L.Ed.2d 173

Gary BARTLETT, Executive Director of North Carolina State Board of Elections, et al., Petitioners, v. Dwight STRICKLAND et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher G. Browning, Jr., for Petitioners.

Carl W. Thurman III, Wilmington, NC, for Respondents.

Daryl Joseffer, for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Respondents.

Walter Dellinger, Sri Srinivasan, Irving L. Gornstein, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C., Roy Cooper, Attorney General, Christopher G. Browning, Jr., Grayson G. Kelley, Tiare B. Smiley, Alexander McC. Peters, Susan K. Nichols, Raleigh, N.C., for Petitioners.

This case requires us to interpret § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 437, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (2000 ed.). The question is whether the statute can be invoked to require state officials to...

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