ADAIR v. STATE

Docket Nos. 137424, 137453. Calendar No. 1.

785 N.W.2d 119 (2010)

486 Mich. 468

Daniel ADAIR, a taxpayer of the Fitzgerald Public Schools, Fitzgerald Public Schools, a Michigan municipal corporation, and others, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of Michigan, Department of Education, Department of Management and Budget, and Treasurer of the State of Michigan, Defendants-Appellees. Daniel Adair, a taxpayer of the Fitzgerald Public Schools, Fitzgerald Public Schools, a Michigan municipal corporation, and others, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. State of Michigan, Department of Education, Department of Management and Budget, and Treasurer of the State of Michigan, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 14, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thrun Law Firm, P.C. (by Dennis R. Pollard, Farmington Hills, and Richard E. Kroopnick), East Lansing, for plaintiffs.

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia, Solicitor General, and Timothy J. Haynes, Raymond O. Howd, Joshua S. Smith and Joseph E. Potchen, Prosecuting Attorneys General, for defendants.


Opinion

MARILYN J. KELLY, C.J.

This case involves the Headlee Amendment1 and is before this Court for the third time. Most of the legal issues have been resolved and appear in the discussion of facts and procedural history below. The issues remaining are (1) whether plaintiffs must introduce evidence of a specific, quantified increase in costs resulting from a violation of the Headlee Amendment provision prohibiting unfunded...

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