TAXPAYERS UNITED FOR ASSESSMENT CUTS v. AUSTIN

No. 92-1854.

994 F.2d 291 (1993)

TAXPAYERS UNITED FOR ASSESSMENT CUTS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard H. AUSTIN, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Citizens for Education Ballot Question Committee, Intervening Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1993.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Downs (argued and briefed), Bethesda, MD, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gary P. Gordon, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued and briefed), Lansing, MI, for defendants-appellees.

Kevin J. Moody (argued and briefed), Michael J. Hodge, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Lansing, MI, for Intervening defendant-appellee.

Before: RYAN and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges; and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.


BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988), the plaintiffs, Taxpayers United for Assessment Cuts ("Taxpayers") and several individuals who are registered voters in Michigan, allege that their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when the Michigan Board of State Canvassers ("Board") refused to certify their proposed initiative for submission. They now appeal from an...

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