BORMUTH v. COUNTY OF JACKSON

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL ARGUED EN BANC: Peter Bormuth, Jackson, Michigan, pro se. Allyson N. Ho , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dallas, Texas, for Appellee. Richard B. Katskee , Americans United For Separation of Church and State, Washington, D.C., Aaron D. Lindstrom , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Amici Curiae. ON BRIEF: Peter Bormuth, Jackson, Michigan, pro se. Allyson N. Ho , John C. Sullivan , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dallas, Texas, Judd E. Stone , Michael E. Kenneally , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C., Hiram S. Sasser, III , Kenneth A. Klukowski , First Liberty Institute, Plano, Texas, Richard D. McNulty , Cohl, Stoker & Toskey, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee. Richard B. Katskee , Americans United For Separation of Church And State, Washington, D.C., Daniel Mach , Heather L. Weaver , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Washington, D.C., Daniel S. Korobkin , Michael J. Steinberg , American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, Michael B. Kimberly , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., Ed R. Haden , Jason B. Tompkins , Michael P. Taunton , Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, Alabama, Eric C. Rassbach , Daniel H. Blomberg , The Becket Fund For Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C., Benjamin L. Ellison , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Wayzata, Minnesota, Bryan H. Beauman , Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, Eric D. McArthur , Benjamin Beaton , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., Edward L. White III , American Center for Law & Justice, Ann Arbor , Michigan, Douglas R. Cox , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

GRIFFIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which BATCHELDER, GIBBONS, ROGERS, SUTTON, COOK, McKEAGUE, KETHLEDGE, and THAPAR, joined. ROGERS, J. (pp. 519-21), delivered a separate concurring opinion in which COOK and McKEAGUE, JJ., joined. SUTTON, J. (pp. 521-25), delivered a separate concurring opinion in which BATCHELDER, McKEAGUE, KETHLEDGE, and THAPAR, JJ., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 525-45), delivered a separate dissenting opinion in which COLE, C.J., and CLAY, STRANCH, and DONALD, JJ., joined, and WHITE, J., joined in part. WHITE, J. (pp.545-546), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.