COALITION TO DEFEND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION & INTEGRATION, and Fight for Equality by any Means Necessary (BAMN), United for Equality and Affirmative Action, Michigan Legislative Black Caucus, and AFSCME Local 207 and 312, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross Appellants,
v.
BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS, Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.
Citizens for United Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant,
v.
Board of State Canvassers, Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.
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Submitted June 8, 2004, at Lansing.
Decided June 11, 2004, at 9:00 a.m.
Released for Publication September 1, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Scheff & Washington, P.C. (by George B. Washington), Detroit, for Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action & Integration, and Fight for Equality by Any Means Necessary; United for Equality and Affirmative Action; Michigan Legislative Black Caucus; and AFSCME Local 207 and 312.
Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone, PLC (by Michael J. Hodge, Saul A. Green, and Robert A. Lefevre), and Dykema Gossett (by Richard D. McLellan, William J. Perrone, and Kristine N. Tuma) Lansing, for Citizens for United Michigan.
Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Heather S. Meingast, Assistant Attorney General, for Board of State Canvassers.
Fett Roumel, PC (by James K. Fett), and Glen N. Lenhoff, Pinckney, Flint, for Michigan Civil Rights Initiative.
Before: FITZGERALD, P.J., and BANDSTRA and SCHUETTE, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Michigan.
PER CURIAM.
In these consolidated cases, defendant Board of State Canvassers appeals as of right from the opinion and order granting plaintiffs' complaint for mandamus and ordering the board to rescind its approval of the form of a petition "to amend the constitution."1 In both cases, plaintiffs have filed cross-appeals. In a previous order, this Court granted the proponent of the petition, Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), leave...
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