TAXPAYERS OF MICHIGAN AGAINST CASINOS and Laura Baird, State Representative in her official capacity, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The STATE of Michigan, Defendant-Appellee, and
Gaming Entertainment, L.L.C. and Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Intervening Defendants-Appellees, and
North American Sports Management Company, Intervening Defendant.
Taxpayers Of Michigan Against Casinos and Laura Baird, State Representative in her official capacity, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
The State of Michigan, Defendant-Appellant, and
Gaming Entertainment, L.L.C. and Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Intervening Defendants-Appellees, and
North American Sports Management Company, Intervening Defendant.
Taxpayers Of Michigan Against Casinos and Laura Baird, State Representative in her official capacity, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
The State of Michigan, Defendant-Appellee, and
Gaming Entertainment, L.L.C., Intervening-Defendant-Appellee, and
Little Traverse Bay Bands Of Odawa Indians, Intervening Defendant-Appellant, and
North American Sports Management Company, Intervening Defendant.
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May 30, 2007.
May 30, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Warner Norcross & Judd L.L.P. (by Robert J. Jonker, William C. Fulkerson, Daniel K. DeWitt, and John J. Bursch), Grand Rapids, for Taxpayers of Michigan Against Casinos.
Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, P.L.L.C. (by Eugene Driker and Thomas F. Cavalier), Special Assistant Attorneys General, Detroit, for the state of Michigan.
Dykema Gossett P.L.L.C. (by Richard D. McLellan, R. Lance Boldrey, and Kristine N. Tuma), Lansing, for Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and Gaming Entertainment, L.L.C.
Kanji & Katzen, P.L.L.C. (by Riyaz A. Kanji and Laura Sagolla), and James Bransky, General Counsel, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Ann Arbor; Harbor Springs for Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.
Jo Anne House, Office of Legal Counsel, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon, by Kaighn Smith, Jr., and Jeffrey Piampiano, of counsel), Manistee; Portland, Maine, for Little River Band of Ottawa Indians.
Wheeler Upman, P.C. (by Geoffrey L. Gillis) (Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, L.L.P., by Reid Peyton Chambers and Vanessa L. Ray-Hodge, of counsel), Grand Rapids; Washington, D.C., for Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi.
Michael G. Phelan, Tribal Attorney, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon, by Kaighn Smith, Jr., and Jeffrey Piampiano, of counsel), Dowagiac; Portland, Maine, for Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.
Alfred H. Hall, Senate Majority Counsel, and Michael G. O'Brien, Deputy Majority Caucas Counsel, Lansing, for Ken Sikkema, Senate Majority Leader, and Shirley Johnson, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, J.
We granted leave to appeal to determine whether the amendatory provision in the compacts at issue and the exercise of that provision by the Governor violate the Separation of Powers Clause of the Michigan Constitution. 474 Mich. 1097, 711 N.W.2d 76 (2006).1 We hold that the amendatory provision and...
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