NAT'L PRIDE AT WORK, INC. v. GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN

Docket No. 265870.

732 N.W.2d 139 (2007)

274 Mich. App. 147

NATIONAL PRIDE AT WORK, INC., Becky Allen, Dorthea Agnostopoulos, Adnan Ayoub, Meghan Bellanger, Judith Block, Mary M. Brisbois, Wade Carlson, Courtney D. Chapin, Michael Chapman, Michelle Corwin, Lori Curry, Joseph Darby, Scott Dennis, Jim Etzkorn, Jill Fuller, Susan Halsey-Ceragh, Peter Hammer, Debra Harrah, Ty Hiither, Jolinda Jach, Terry Korreck, Craig Kukuk, Gary Lindsay, Kevin Mcmann, A.T. Miller, Kitty O'Neil, Dennis Patrick, Tom Patrick, Gregg Pizzi, Kathleen Poelker, Jerome Post, Barbara Ramber, Paul Renwick, Dahlia Schwartz, Alexandra Stern, Gwen Stokes, Ken Cyberski, Joanne Beemon, Carol Borgeson, Michael Falk, and Matt Scott, Plaintiff-Appellees, v. GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN and Claim of Appeal City of Kalamazoo, Defendant-Appellee, and Attorney General, Intervening Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided February 1, 2007, at 9:20 a.m.

Released for Publication May 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah A. Labelle, Ann Arbor; Jay D. Kaplan, Detroit; Michael J. Steinberg, Detroit; Kary L. Moss, Detroit; Pepper Hamilton LLP (by Thomas P. Wilczak, Barbara Eckert Buchanan, Kurt A. Kissling, and Amanda J. Shelton), Detroit; Roderick M. Hills, Jr., Ann Arbor; and Nancy S. Katz, Plymouth, for National Pride at Work, Inc.; and others.

Susan I. Leffler and D.J. Pascoe, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Governor.

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Henry J. Boynton, Assistant Solicitor General, and Eric Restuccia and Joseph E. Potchen, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Attorney General.

Stephen K. Postema, City Attorney, for the city of Ann Arbor.

Gloria A. Hage, Marvin Krislov, Debra A. Kowich, and Louis A. Lessem for the University of Michigan Regents and the Wayne State University Board of Governors.

Allen Brothers PLLC (by John M. Allen), Detroit, for Triangle Foundation, Michigan Equality, Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

Butzel Long (by Leonard M. Niehoff) for Arab Community Center, Ann Arbor, for Economic & Social Services, Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, Patricia Klein, and Raymond Jefferson.

Stephen M. Crampton, Tupelo, MS, and Law Office of LaRae G. Munk, PC (by LaRae G. Munk), Midland, for American Family Association of Michigan.

David & Wierenga, P.C. (by James R. Wierenga) Grand Rapids, and Alliance Defense Fund (by Benjamin W. Bull, Glen Lavy, Christopher R. Stovall, and Dale Schowengerdt) Scottsdale, AZ, for Michigan Family Forum.

Before: HOEKSTRA, P.J., and WILDER and ZAHRA, JJ.


WILDER, J.

Intervening defendant Attorney General Michael Cox (AG) appeals as of right the Ingham Circuit Court's order granting summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(10) to plaintiffs National Pride at Work, Inc., which is a nonprofit constituency group of the AFL-CIO,1 and various public employees and their respective same-sex domestic partners. In this appeal, the AG challenges the trial court's declaratory ruling that the marriage...

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