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ANZALDUA v. BAND

Docket Nos. 106469, 106471, Calendar No. 12.

578 N.W.2d 306 (1998)

Sharon ANZALDUA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rudolph Neal BAND, Defendant-Appellant, and Michigan State University, Defendant-Appellee. Sharon ANZALDUA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rudolph Neal BAND, Defendant-Appellee, and Michigan State University, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Green, Green & Craig, P.C. by Christine A. Green, Ann Arbor, for plaintiff-appellee.

Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis & Foster, P.C. by Michael E. Cavanaugh, Mark R. Fox, and Graham K. Crabtree, Lansing, for defendant-appellant Band.

Michael J. Kiley, East Lansing, for defendant-appellant Michigan State University.

Butzel Long by Leonard M. Niehoff and John C. Blattner, Ann Arbor, Scott P. Hill-Kennedy, Big Rapids, Elizabeth M. Barry, Gloria A. Hage, Ann Arbor, and Daniel J. Bernard, Detroit, amici curiae, for Ferris State University, University of Michigan, and Wayne State University.

Clark, Hill, P.L.C. by Duane L. Tarnacki and J. Walker Henry, Detroit, amici curiae, for Michigan Manufacturers Association.

Roy, Shecter, Mirer & Vocht, P.C. by Jeanne Mirer, Bloomfield Hills, amici curiae, for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

Rentrop, Vanderkloot, Haynes & Morrison, P.C. by Jeffrey K. Haynes and C. Thomas Ludden, Bloomfield Hills, amici curiae, for Michigan Environmental Council.

Opinion

MARILYN J. KELLY, Justice.

We granted leave in this case to decide whether there is a right to trial by jury in an action under the Whistleblowers' Protection Act. M.C.L. § 15.361 et seq.; M.S.A. § 17.428(1) et seq. If the right does exist, does it obtain when the defendant is the state or one of its political subdivisions? We hold that the act contains a right to a jury trial, and that the right exists in suits against the...

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