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19 North Carolina Cases
North Carolina
Sep 2020
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic et. al. v. Moore et. al.
Abortion providers in North Carolina and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective filed litigation on September 3, 2020, challenging several medically unnecessary abortion restrictions that have pushed abortion out of reach in the state and stigmatized essential health care.
Status: Ongoing
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North Carolina
Reproductive Freedom
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic et. al. v. Moore et. al.
Abortion providers in North Carolina and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective filed litigation on September 3, 2020, challenging several medically unnecessary abortion restrictions that have pushed abortion out of reach in the state and stigmatized essential health care.
Sep 2020
Status: Ongoing
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North Carolina
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Allison, et al. v. Allen, et al.
Nov 2019
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North Carolina
May 2017
North Carolina v. Robinson
A North Carolina judge found intentional and systemic discrimination by state prosecutors against African-American potential jurors in capital cases and commuted the sentence of death-row prisoner Marcus Robinson to life in prison without the possibility of parole in April 2012. The decision is currently under appeal.
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North Carolina
Capital Punishment
+2 Issues
North Carolina v. Robinson
A North Carolina judge found intentional and systemic discrimination by state prosecutors against African-American potential jurors in capital cases and commuted the sentence of death-row prisoner Marcus Robinson to life in prison without the possibility of parole in April 2012. The decision is currently under appeal.
May 2017
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2017
Packingham v. North Carolina
Whether North Carolina can prohibit individuals who are registered sex offenders from “accessing” any social media websites.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Free Speech
Packingham v. North Carolina
Whether North Carolina can prohibit individuals who are registered sex offenders from “accessing” any social media websites.
Jan 2017
Status: Ongoing
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North Carolina
May 2016
League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. v. North Carolina
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation, and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter suppression law the very day it was signed by Gov. Pat McCrory in August 2013. The suit targets provisions of the law that eliminate a week of early voting, end same-day registration, and prohibit “out-of-precinct” voting. It seeks to stop North Carolina from applying these provisions, arguing that they unduly burden the right to vote and discriminate against African-American voters, in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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North Carolina
Voting Rights
League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. v. North Carolina
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation, and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter suppression law the very day it was signed by Gov. Pat McCrory in August 2013. The suit targets provisions of the law that eliminate a week of early voting, end same-day registration, and prohibit “out-of-precinct” voting. It seeks to stop North Carolina from applying these provisions, arguing that they unduly burden the right to vote and discriminate against African-American voters, in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
May 2016
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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