GARY B. v. WHITMER

Nos. 18-1855/1871.

957 F.3d 616 (2020)

GARY B., Jessie K., Cristopher R., Isaias R., Esmeralda V., Paul M., and Jaime R., minors, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gretchen WHITMER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 23, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Carter G. Phillips , SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Raymond O. Howd , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Carter G. Phillips , SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Washington, D.C., Mark D. Rosenbaum , Anne Hudson-Price , Kathryn A. Eidmann , PUBLIC COUNSEL, Los Angeles, California, Mark E. Haddad , UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, California, Evan H. Caminker , UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Tacy F. Flint , Lawrence P. Fogel , Suzanne Brindise Notton , Jennifer M. Wheeler , SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Joshua E. Anderson , SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Los Angeles, California, Bruce A. Miller , MILLER COHEN, PLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Raymond O. Howd , Joshua S. Smith , Toni L. Harris , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees. James E. Burke , Bryce J. Yoder , Amanda B. Stubblefield , KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL, Cincinnati, Ohio, David J. Strom , AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C., Anton Metlitsky , O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, New York, New York, Tara J. Plochocki , LEWIS BAACH KAUFMANN MIDDLEMISS PLLC, Washington, D.C., Michael J. Dell , KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP, New York, New York, Scott Burnett Smith , Julian D. Miller , BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP, Huntsville, Alabama, Lena Konanova , David S. Flugman , Jessica Underwood , Bria Delaney , Nicholas J. Klenow , SELENDY & GAY PLLC, New York, New York, Jenice C. Mitchell , DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT, Detroit, Michigan, Daniel S. Korobkin , Michael J. Steinberg , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN, Detroit, Michigan, Jerome D. Goldberg , Detroit, Michigan, for Amici Curiae.

CLAY, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which STRANCH, J., joined. MURPHY, J. (pp. 662-79), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

Plaintiffs in this appeal are students at several of Detroit's worst-performing public schools. They credit this substandard performance to poor conditions within their classrooms, including missing or unqualified teachers, physically dangerous facilities, and inadequate books and materials. Taken together...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases