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PONTIAC FIRE FIGHTERS UNION LOCAL 376 v. CITY OF PONTIAC

Docket No. 132916. Calendar No. 6.

753 N.W.2d 595 (2008)

PONTIAC FIRE FIGHTERS UNION LOCAL 376, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF PONTIAC, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 23, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory, Moore, Jeakle, Heinen & Brooks, P.C. (by Gordon A. Gregory and Emilie D. Rothgery), Detroit, for the Pontiac Fire Fighters Union Local 376.

Keller Thoma, P.C. (by Bruce M. Bagdady and Jonathon A. Rabin), Detroit, for the city of Pontiac.

Dykema Gossett, PLLC (by John A. Entenman, Melvin J. Muskovitz, and F. Arthur Jones II), Ann Arbor, for the Michigan Municipal League and the Michigan Association of Counties, amici curiae.

Woodley & McGillivary (by Thomas A. Woodley and Bryan G. Polisuk), Washington, DC, for the International Association of Fire Fighters and the Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Union, amici curiae.

Sachs Waldman, Professional Corporation (by Mary Ellen Gurewitz), Detroit, for the Michigan State AFL-CIO, amicus curiae.

YOUNG, J.

The issue in this case is whether the circuit court abused its discretion when it issued a preliminary injunction preventing defendant city of Pontiac from implementing its plan to reduce a budget shortfall by laying off members of plaintiff Pontiac Fire Fighters Union Local 376. We hold that the circuit court abused its discretion. Plaintiff failed to meet its burden of establishing that irreparable harm would...

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