Source: WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 9/11/17

A trial on whether North Carolina Republican legislators used illegal, excessive partisanship last year in drawing congressional districts that favored the GOP is scheduled for next month. A three-judge federal panel set the Oct. 16 trial date in Greensboro on Monday, a few days after the judges explained why they refused to delay the case until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on Wisconsin litigation involving partisan gerrymandering.

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