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WAYSIDE CHURCH v. VAN BUREN COUNTY

Nos. 15-2463/2525.

847 F.3d 812 (2017)

WAYSIDE CHURCH, an Illinois Not-For-Profit (Ecclesiastical) Corporation; Myron W. Stahl; Henderson Hodgens, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. VAN BUREN COUNTY, in its individual Michigan municipal capacity and on behalf of a class of all other Michigan counties similarly situated; Karen Makay, in her individual official capacity as Treasurer of Van Buren County and on behalf of a class of all other Treasurers of Michigan counties similarly situated, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 10, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Owen Dennis Ramey , LEWIS, REED & ALLEN PC, Kalamazoo, Michigan, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees. Thomas G. King , KREIS, ENDERLE, HUDGINS & BORSOS, P.C., Kalamazoo, Michigan, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants. ON BRIEF: Owen Dennis Ramey , Ronald W. Ryan , LEWIS, REED & ALLEN PC, Kalamazoo, Michigan, James Shek , Allegan, Michigan, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees. Thomas G. King , KREIS, ENDERLE, HUDGINS & BORSOS, P.C., Kalamazoo, Michigan, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants. Christina M. Martin , PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Steven C. Liedel , Ted Seitz , DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Lansing, Michigan, William H. Horton , GIARMARCO MULLINS & HORTON P.C., Troy, Michigan, Daniel B. Kohrman , AARP FOUNDATION LITIGATION, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

CLAY, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which DONALD, J., joined. KETHLEDGE, J. (pp. 823-25), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

Plaintiffs Wayside Church, Myron Stahl, and Henderson Hodgens (collectively "Plaintiffs") appeal the district court's order granting Defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint, which asserted that Defendant Van Buren County and its Treasurer, Defendant Karen Makay (collectively "Defendants"), violated Plaintiffs...

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