COALITION TO DEFEND v. REGENTS OF UNIV. OF MICH.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: George Boyer Washington , Scheff, Washington & Driver, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee in 08-1387/1534. John J. Bursch , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee in 08-1387/1534. Leonard M. Niehoff , Len Niehoff & Associates, Chelsea, Michigan, Stephanie R. Setterington , Varnum LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan for Appellees/Cross-Appellants in 08-1387/1534. Charles J. Cooper , Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant in 08-1389. Mark D. Rosenbaum , ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, George Boyer Washington , Scheff, Washington & Driver, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees in 08-1389. Mark D. Rosenbaum , ACLU Foundation Of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, for Appellant in 09-1111. John J. Bursch , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee in 09-1111. ON BRIEF: George Boyer Washington, Shanta Driver, Scheff, Washington & Driver, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, Winifred Kao , Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco, California, for the Coalition Plaintiffs. Mark D. Rosenbaum , ACLU Foundation Of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, Karin A. DeMasi , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, New York, for Cantrell Plaintiffs. Michael E. Rosman , Center For Individual Rights, Washington, D.C., Charles J. Cooper , David H. Thompson , Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant in 08-1389. Leonard M. Niehoff , Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn, LLP, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the Universities Defendants. John J. Bursch , Margaret A. Nelson , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Defendant Attorney General. Stephanie R. Setterington , Varnum LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Defendants Wayne State University and Irvin Reid. Wilson R. Huhn , The University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio, Kenneth C. Yeager , Drociak, Yeager & Associates, Los Angeles, California, Daniel M. Levy , Michigan Department of Civil Rights, Detroit, Michigan, Eugene Driker , Barris, Sott, Denn, Driker, P.L.L.C., Detroit, Michigan, Catherine M. Mish , Kristen Rewa , City of Grand Rapids, City Attorney's Office, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Doyle O'Connor , Detroit, Michigan, Allison S. Elgart , Equal Justice Society, San Francisco, California, G. Scott Emblidge , Moscone Emblidge & Sater LLP, San Francisco, California, Derek T. Ho , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., Barry Levenstam , Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Michael Francis Smith , The Smith Appellate Law Firm, Washington, D.C., Sharon L. Browne , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, for Amici Curiae.

COLE, J., delivered the opinion of court in which MARTIN, DAUGHTREY, MOORE, CLAY, WHITE, STRANCH, and DONALD, JJ., joined; and BATCHELDER, C.J., and GIBBONS, ROGERS, SUTTON, COOK, and GRIFFIN, JJ., joined in Part II.B and C. BOGGS, J. (pp. 491-93), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which BATCHELDER, C.J., joined. GIBBONS (pp. 493-505), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which BATCHELDER, C.J., and ROGERS, SUTTON, and COOK, JJ., joined, and GRIFFIN, J., joined with the exception of Part III. ROGERS (pg. 505) delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which COOK, J., joined. SUTTON (pp. 505-11), delivered a separate dissenting opinion in which BATCHELDER, C.J., and BOGGS and COOK, JJ., joined. GRIFFIN, J. (pp. 511-14), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.