IRELAND v. SMITH

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The University of Michigan Law School, Women and the Law Clinic (by Julie Kunce Field), for Jennifer Ireland.

Sharon-Lee Edwards, for Steve Smith.

Amici Curiae:

Gail Altenburg and Kirkland & Ellis (by Karen Natalie Walker, Louis Orbach, and Paul Brinkman), for Student Legal Services, University of Michigan Single Parent Coalition, and Center for the Education of Women at the University of Michigan.

Anne Argiroff, for Michigan Legal Services.

Judith Fox, for Berrien County Legal Services.

Rebecca Shiemke, for Women's Justice Center.

Ann Routt and Michael Yales, for Legal Services of Southeastern Michigan.

Rebecca Shiemke and Nancy K.D. Lemon, for Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the Domestic Violence Project, Inc./Safe House, Educators Ad Hoc Committee on Domestic Violence and Family Law, Family Violence Intervention Services Program, George Washington University National Law Center-Domestic Violence Advocacy Project, Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Lutheran Social Services-South Region, National Center on Women and Family Law, National Organization for Men Against Sexism, Ohio Domestic Violence Network, The Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Virginians Against Domestic Violence, Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and the Women's Coalition of St. Croix.

Evanne L. Dietz and Crowell & Moring (by Luther Zeigler, Phyllis A. Jaudes, and Daryl A. Lander) (Women's Legal Defense Fund, by Judith L. Lichtman, Donna R. Lenhoff, and Joan Entmacher, of Counsel), for the Women's Legal Defense Fund, Feminist Majority Foundation, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, National Center on Women and Family Law, National Council of Jewish Women, Inc., National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Northwest Women's Law Center, and Women's Law Project in Support of Appellant.

Frederick R. Fahrner, and Carol S. Stevenson and Elissa S. Gershon, for the Child Care Law Center (Nancy Duff Campbell and Deborah L. Brake, for the National Women's Law Center, of Counsel), for Child Care Law Center, National Women's Law Center, American Medical Women's Association, Inc., Child Care Action Campaign, Child Welfare League of America, Children's Defense Fund, Equal Rights Advocates, National Association of Commissions for Women, National Center for the Early Childhood Work Force, National Center on Women and Family Law, Northwest Women's Law Center, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, San Francisco Women Lawyers Alliance, and United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of NY, Inc.

Klimaszewski & Street (by Barbara Klimaszewski) and Amy R. Sabrin, Nancy J. McGlynn, and Katharine R. Stollman, for National Organization For Women, Inc., and Michigan Conference National Organization For Women, Inc.

Michele Kelly and Paul D. Ghinger, for National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, My Sister's Place, New York State Coalition on Women's Legal Issues, New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Bookholder & Bassett (by Scott Bassett), and Mika, Meyers, Beckett & Jones (by Elizabeth Bransdorfer), for American Civil Liberties Union, Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, International Union, United Automobile Workers, Michigan Nurses Association, Michigan Federation of Teachers and School Related Personnel, AFT, AFL-CIO, National Lawyers Guild, Detroit Chapter, and Women's Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation.

Before: NEFF, P.J., and GRIBBS and R.D. GOTHAM, JJ.