Home/Case Law/Fourth Circuit/North Carolina Right to Life, Incorporated North Carolina Right to Life Political Action Committee North Carolina Right to Life Committee Fund for Independent Political Expenditures v. Larry Leake, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Elections Genevieve C. Sims, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the State Board of Elections Robert Cordle, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Lorraine G. Shinn, in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Charles Winfree, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Robert F. Johnson, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney for the North Carolina Prosecutorial District 15a Roy Cooper, in His Official Capacity as the North Carolina Attorney General, North Carolina Right to Life, Incorporated North Carolina Right to Life Political Action Committee North Carolina Right to Life Committee Fund for Independent Political Expenditures v. Larry Leake, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Elections Genevieve C. Sims, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the State Board of Elections Robert Cordle, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Lorraine G. Shinn, in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Charles Winfree, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Robert F. Johnson, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney for the North Carolina Prosecutorial District 15a Roy Cooper, in His Official Capacity as the North Carolina Attorney General
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No. 783624
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
North Carolina Right to Life, Incorporated North Carolina Right to Life Political Action Committee North Carolina Right to Life Committee Fund for Independent Political Expenditures v. Larry Leake, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Elections Genevieve C. Sims, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the State Board of Elections Robert Cordle, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Lorraine G. Shinn, in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Charles Winfree, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Robert F. Johnson, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney for the North Carolina Prosecutorial District 15a Roy Cooper, in His Official Capacity as the North Carolina Attorney General, North Carolina Right to Life, Incorporated North Carolina Right to Life Political Action Committee North Carolina Right to Life Committee Fund for Independent Political Expenditures v. Larry Leake, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Elections Genevieve C. Sims, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the State Board of Elections Robert Cordle, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Lorraine G. Shinn, in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Charles Winfree, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Robert F. Johnson, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney for the North Carolina Prosecutorial District 15a Roy Cooper, in His Official Capacity as the North Carolina Attorney General
No. 783624 · Decided September 23, 2003
No. 783624·Fourth Circuit · 2003·
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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September 23, 2003
Citation
No. 783624
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North Carolina Right to Life, Incorporated North Carolina Right to Life Political Action Committee North Carolina Right to Life Committee Fund for Independent Political Expenditures v. Larry Leake, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Elections Genevieve C. Sims, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the State Board of Elections Robert Cordle, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Lorraine G. Shinn, in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Charles Winfree, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Robert F. Johnson, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney for the North Carolina Prosecutorial District 15a Roy Cooper, in His Official Capacity as the North Carolina Attorney General, North Carolina Right to Life, Incorporated North Carolina Right to Life Political Action Committee North Carolina Right to Life Committee Fund for Independent Political Expenditures v. Larry Leake, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Elections Genevieve C. Sims, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the State Board of Elections Robert Cordle, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Lorraine G. Shinn, in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Charles Winfree, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Elections Robert F. Johnson, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney for the North Carolina Prosecutorial District 15a Roy Cooper, in His Official Capacity as the North Carolina Attorney General is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
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This case was decided on September 23, 2003.
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