ADVISORY OPINION 1975 PA 227

Docket No. 57850, (Calendar No. 11).

396 Mich. 465 (1976)

242 N.W.2d 3

ADVISORY OPINION ON CONSTITUTIONALITY OF 1975 PA 227 (QUESTIONS 2-10)

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, and Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General.

Charles D. Hackney, George M. Elworth, Varda N. Fink, Michael J. Hodge, and Norbert G. Jaworski, Assistants Attorney General, in support of constitutionality.

John D. Pirich, Assistant Attorney General, in opposition to constitutionality.

Amici Curiae:

Kenneth J. Guido, Jr. and Ellen G. Block for Common Cause.

Hyman & Rice for State Bar of Michigan.

Gary L. Cowan, Daniel F. Curran and Dennis R. O'Connell for Michigan Consolidated Gas Company.

Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg (by James D. Tracy, Nancy C. Kurtz and Ted T. Amsden) for Consumers Power Company.

Lafferty, Reosti, Papakhian & James for Socialist Workers Party and CO DEL.

Keywell & Rosenfeld for Michigan Press Association.

Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn (by Avern Cohn, Stanley Siegel, and Joseph M. Polito) and Downs & Edwards (McClellan, Schlaybaugh & Whitbeck, of counsel) for Michigan Association of Broadcasters, Michigan State Grange, Michigan Library Association, Michigan Association of School Boards, Michigan Association of State College and University Governing Boards, Michigan Townships Association, Michigan State Building and Construction Trades Council, Michigan Community College Association, Michigan State Chamber of Commerce, Michigan State Farm Bureau, Michigan Association of Counties and County Road Association of Michigan.

Cozadd, Shangle & Smith for Michigan Association of Hospital Authorities, Inc.


PER CURIAM:

In response to the request by the Legislature, on March 29, 1976 this Court issued an advisory opinion1 which held 1975 PA 227,2 the political reform act, unconstitutional in violation of art 4, § 24 of Michigan's Constitution.3 In that opinion we expressed our intention to issue a subsequent opinion to discuss the remaining nine certified questions contained in...

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