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BINGO COALITION FOR CHARITY v. BD. OF STATE CANVASSERS

Docket Nos. 183728, 183757.

546 N.W.2d 637 (1996)

215 Mich. App. 405

BINGO COALITION FOR CHARITY— NOT POLITICS, Plaintiff, v. BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS, Defendants, and B.I.N.G.O., Intervening Defendant. B.I.N.G.O., Plaintiff, v. BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS, Defendant, and Bingo Coalition for Charity— Not Politics, Intervening Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided February 9, 1996, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication April 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn by John D. Pirich, Timothy Sawyer Knowlton and Sandra L. Jasinski, Lansing, for Bingo Coalition for Charity—Not Politics.

Sachs, Waldman, O'Hare, Helveston, Hodges & Barnes, P.C. by Theodore Sachs and Mary Ellen Gurewitz, Detroit, for B.I.N.G.O.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Leo H. Friedman, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.

Before McDONALD, P.J., and MARKEY and COOPER, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

B.I.N.G.O. (Bingo is Necessary for Grassroots Organization) and Bingo Coalition for Charity—Not Politics both filed complaints seeking writs of mandamus from this Court. The cases were consolidated and the matter proceeded to a full hearing pursuant to MCR 7.206(D)(3).

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