COALITION TO DEF. AFF. ACT. v. REGENTS OF U OF MI.

Nos. 06-15024, 06-15637.

539 F.Supp.2d 924 (2008)

COALITION TO DEFEND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, Integration and Immigration Rights and Fight for Equality by any means necessary (BAMN), United for Equality and Affirmative Action Legal Defense Fund, Rainbow Push Coalition, Calvin Jevon Cochran, Lashelle Benjamin, Beautie Mitchell, Denesha Richey, Stasia Brown, Michael Gibson, Christopher Sutton, Laquay Johnson, Turqoise Wise-King, Brandon Flannigan, Josie Human, Issamar Camacho, Kahleif Henry, Shanae Tatum, Maricruz Lopez, Alejandra Cruz, Adarene Hoag, Candice Young, Tristan Taylor, Williams Frazier, Jerell Erves, Matthew Griffith, Lacrissa Beverly, D'Shawnm Featherstone, Danielle Nelson, Julius Carter, Kevin Smith, Kyle Smith, Paris Butler, Touissant King, Aiana Scott, Allen Vonou, Randiah Green, Brittany Jones, Courtney Drake, Dante Dixon, Joseph Henry Reed, AFSCME Local 207, AFSCME Local 214, AFSCME Local 312, AFSCME Local 836, AFSCME Local 1648, AFSCME Local 2920, and the Defend Affirmative Action Party, Plaintiffs, v. The REGENTS OF The UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, the Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, the Board of Governors of Wayne State University, the Trustees of any other public college or university, community college, or school district, Attorney General Michael Cox, and Eric Russell, Defendants, and Chase Cantrell, M.N., a minor child, by Karen Nestor, Mother and Next Friend, Karen Nestor, Mother and Next Friend of M.N., a minor child, C.U., a minor child, by Paula Uche, Mother and Next Friend, Paula Uche, Mother and Next Friend to C.U., a minor child, Joshua Kay, Sheldon Johnson, Matthew Countryman, M.R., a minor child, by Brenda Foster, Mother and Next Friend, Brenda Foster, Mother and Next Friend of M.R., a minor child, Bryon Maxey, Rachel Quinn, Kevin Gaines, Dana Christensen, T.J., a minor child, by Cathy Alfaro, Guardian and Next Friend, Cathy Alfaro, Guardian and Next Friend of T. J., a minor child, S. W., a minor child, by Michael Weisberg, Father and Next Friend, Michael Weisberg, Father and Next Friend of S. W., a minor child, Casey Kasper, Sergio Eduardo Munoz, Rosario Ceballo, Kathleen Canning, Edward Kim, M.C.C. II, a minor child, by Carolyn Carter, Mother and Next Friend, Car olyn Carter, Mother and Next Friend of M.C.C., II, a minor child, J.R., a minor child, by Matthew Robinson, Father and Next Friend, Matthew Robinson, Father and Next Friend of J.R., a minor child, Plaintiffs, v. Attorney General Michael Cox and Eric Russell, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

March 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shanta Driver, Scheff & Washington, Jerome R. Watson, Miller, Canfield, Kary L. Moss, Mark P. Fancher, Michael J. Steinberg, American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan, Melvin J. Hollowell, Jr., Allen Brothers, Reginald M. Turner, Jr., Clark Hill, Detroit, MI, Erwin S. Chemerinsky, Duke University Law School, Durham, NC, Laurence H. Tribe, Cambridge, MA, Theodore M. Shaw, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Karin A. DeMasi, Cravath, Swaine, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

George B. Washington, Scheff & Washington, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiffs/Defendants/Amicus/Intervenor.

Brigham C. Smith, Lansing City Attorney's Office, Lansing, MI, for Lansing City.

Laurie J. Michelson, Robin Luce Herrmann, Butzel Long, Sheldon H. Klein, Detroit, MI, Leonard M. Niehoff, Ann Arbor, MI, Heather S. Meingast, Joseph E. Potchen, Margaret A. Nelson, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Lansing, MI, Michael E. Rosman, Jesse M. Panuccio, Charles J. Cooper, Cooper & Kirk, Washington, DC, Kerry L. Morgan, Pentiuk, Couvreur, Wyandotte, MI, for Defendants.

Alan W. Foutz, Sharon L. Browne, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for American Civil Rights Foundation.

Brent E. Simmons, Lansing, MI, for West Michigan Minority Contractors Association, Incorporated.

William F. Young, White, Schneider, Okemos, MI, for Michigan Education Association.


OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART UNIVERSITY DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS, DENYING CANTRELL PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, GRANTING ATTORNEY GENERAL'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, AND DISMISSING CONSOLIDATED CASES

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in these consolidated actions challenge the constitutionality of an amendment to Michigan's state constitution that was adopted by a majority vote of the electorate...

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