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TAYLOR v. BUCHANAN

No. 20-2002.

4 F.4th 406 (2021)

Lucille S. TAYLOR, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert J. BUCHANAN, in his official capacity as President of the State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners; Dana M. Warnez in her official capacity as President-Elect of the State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners; James W. Heath, in his official capacity as Vice President of the State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners; Daniel Dietrich Quick, in his official capacity as Secretary of the State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners; Joseph P. McGill, in his official capacity as Treasurer of the State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 15, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Derk A. Wilcox , MACKINAC CENTER LEGAL FOUNDATION, Midland, Michigan, for Appellant. Andrea J. Bernard , Charles R. Quigg , WARNER NORCROSS + JUDD LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan, John J. Bursch , BURSCH LAW PLLC, Caledonia, Michigan, for Appellees. Kerry Lee Morgan , PENTIUK, COUVREUR & KOBILJAK, P.C., Wyandotte, Michigan, for Amicus Curiae.

MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SILER and THAPAR, JJ., joined. THAPAR, J. (pp. 410-11), delivered a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

Attorneys in Michigan, like those in most other states, must join an integrated bar association in order to practice law. In this suit, Lucille S. Taylor, a Michigan attorney, argues that requiring her to join the State Bar of Michigan violates her freedom of association, and further that the...

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