Twelve months after hearing arguments in the case, the N.C. Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday upholding the Republican-led redrawing of state congressional and legislative districts in 2011.
But the NAACP and other organizations that challenged the maps quickly announced plans to continue their legal battle against districts they contend are blatant racial gerrymandering intended to weaken the African-American vote.
You can read the court’s 4-2 opinion at this link (via Richard Winger). The newspaper article indicates that plaintiffs may take their racial gerrymandering claim to the U.S. Supreme Court. If they do, it would be unsurprising for the Court to take the case and hold it (and then likely remand) pending resolution of the Alabama redistricting case currently before the Supreme Court, raising similar issues.