SHARP v. CITY OF LANSING

Docket No. 116171, Calendar No. 3.

629 N.W.2d 873 (2001)

464 Mich. 792

David SHARP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF LANSING, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hankins & Flanigan, P.C., (by Jayne M. Flanigan), Okemos, for the plaintiff.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C., (by Mary Massaron Ross and David K. Otis), Detroit, for the defendant.

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Katherine C. Galvin, Assistant Attorney General, Lansing, for amicus curiae the State of Michigan and Office of the State Employer.

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Theodore E. Hughes, Assistant Attorney General, Ron D. Robinson, Assistant-in-Charge, and Cynthia M. Nu nez, Assistant Attorney General, Detroit, for amicus curiae the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and Michigan Department of Civil Rights.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

In this case, Plaintiff David Sharp brought a reverse discrimination claim against the city of Lansing for its use of an affirmative action plan in hiring decisions. Plaintiff alleged violations of the Michigan Civil Rights Act (CRA)1 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Michigan Constitution2. The trial court granted summary disposition...

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