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STAND UP v. SECRETARY OF STATE

Docket No. 310047.

824 N.W.2d 220 (2012)

297 Mich. App. 45

STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY v. SECRETARY OF STATE.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 8, 2012, at 9:00 a.m.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Sanders Law Firm P.C., Detroit (by Herbert A. Sanders ), Melvin Butch Hollowell , John C. Philo , and Goodman & Hurwitz PC (by William H. Goodman and Julie Hurwitz ) for Stand Up For Democracy.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia , Deputy Solicitor General, and Heather S. Meingast and Denise C. Barton , Assistant Attorneys General, for the Secretary of State and the Board of State Canvassers.

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Lansing (by John D. Pirich and Andrea L. Hansen ) for Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Richard A. Bandstra , Chief Legal Counsel, and Laura L. Moody and Mark G. Sands , Assistant Attorneys General, for Amici Curiae the Governor and the Attorney General.

Mark P. Fancher , Detroit, Michael J. Steinberg , and Kary L. Moss , Detroit, for Amici Curiae the American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan.

Before: WILDER, P.J., and KIRSTEN FRANK KELLY and RIORDAN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

In this original action, plaintiff, Stand Up For Democracy, seeks a writ of mandamus against defendants, the Michigan Secretary of State and the Michigan Board of State Canvassers (the board). Plaintiff urges this Court to direct that defendants certify for placement on the November 2012 general election ballot a referendum of 2011 PA 4, MCL 141.1501 et seq., the Local Government and School District Accountability Act, commonly known as the "emergency...

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