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AM. FAMILY ASS'N v. MSU BD. OF TRUSTEES

Docket No. 273997.

739 N.W.2d 908 (2007)

276 Mich. App. 42

AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Defendant-Appellee, and Michigan State University Administrative-Professional Association MEA/NEA, and Clerical-Technical Union of Michigan State University, Intervening, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 12, 2007, at 9:00 am.

Released for Publication October 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Finkel, Whitefield, Selik, Ferrara, Feldman & Sherbin, P.C. (by Nancy Harris Pearce and Michael L. Weissman), Farmington Hills, for the Clerical-Technical Union of Michigan State University.

Thomas More Law Center (by Patrick T. Gillen), Ann Arbor, for American Family Association of Michigan.

Theresa Kelley and Michael J. Kiley, East Lansing, for Michigan State University Board of Trustees.

Arthur R. Przybylowicz and Theresa J. Alderman, East Lansing, for Michigan State University Administrative-Professional Association, MEA/NEA.

Law Office of Douglas E. Meeks (by Douglas E. Meeks) and Brendan T. Beery, Lansing, for Michigan State University Gay and Lesbian Faculty and Staff Association.

Before: MARKEY, P.J., and SAWYER and BANDSTRA, JJ.

BANDSTRA, J.

Plaintiff appeals as of right the order dismissing its complaint. We affirm.

Plaintiff filed the instant action challenging defendant's policy of providing benefits to same-sex domestic partners as defined by defendant, alleging that this policy constitutes an illegal expenditure of state funds to define and recognize same-sex domestic partnerships in violation of art. 1, § 25 of the Michigan Constitution1 and...

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