Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
Decided June 23, 2022. Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 21-248 · 597 U.S. 179 (2022) · Cited 55 times
Holding
The speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the North Carolina State Senate are entitled to intervene in this litigation challenging North Carolina’s voter-ID law.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–1.
Majority · 8
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett
- Stephen G. Breyer
Dissenting · 1
- Sonia Sotomayor · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Trbovich v. United Mine Workers · 404 U.S. 528 (1972)
- Hollingsworth v. Perry · 570 U.S. 693 (2013)
- Maine v. Taylor · 477 U.S. 131 (1986)
- Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
- Bond v. United States · 564 U.S. 211 (2011)
- Karcher v. May · 484 U.S. 72 (1987)
- Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
- Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. · 496 U.S. 384 (1990)
- Alden v. Maine · 527 U.S. 706 (1999)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- United States v. Chemical Foundation, Inc. · 272 U.S. 1 (1926)
- United States v. Windsor · 570 U.S. 744 (2013)
- Sossamon v. Texas · 563 U.S. 277 (2011)
- Mayor of Philadelphia v. Educational Equality League · 415 U.S. 605 (1974)
- Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 497 U.S. 547 (1990)
Official text
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