HOUSTON v. GOVERNOR

Docket Nos. 308724, 308725.

819 N.W.2d 430 (2012)

295 Mich. App. 588

HOUSTON v. GOVERNOR.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided March 7, 2012, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sachs Waldman , Detroit (by Mary Ellen Gurewitz ) for Frank Houston, Edna Freier, Christy Jenson, Loretta Coleman, Jim Nash, David Richards, and Eric Coleman.

Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP, Lansing (by John D. Pirich and Andrea L. Hansen ) for the Oakland County Board of Commissioners.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Richard A. Bandstra , Chief Legal Counsel, and Ann M. Sherman and Christina M. Grossi , Assistant Attorneys General, for the Governor.

Before: METER, P.J., and M.J. KELLY and RONAYNE KRAUSE, JJ.


M.J. KELLY, J.

This case involves plaintiffs' challenge to the constitutionality of 2011 PA 280 (Public Act 280). The circuit court determined that Public Act 280 is unconstitutional and granted summary disposition in favor of plaintiff. The Oakland County Board of Commissioners appealed that order by right in Docket No. 308724, and the Governor appealed the same order by right in Docket No. 308725. We conclude that Public Act 280 contains a provision that constitutes...

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