HAMMEL v. SPEAKER OF HOUSE

Docket No. 309484.

825 N.W.2d 616 (2012)

297 Mich. App. 641

HAMMEL v. SPEAKER OF the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided August 16, 2012, at 9:05 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC, Lansing (by Michael J. Hodge and Scott R. Eldridge ), for Richard Hammel, Kate Segal, Mark Meadows, East Lansing, Woodrow Stanley, Steven Lindberg, and Jeff Irwin.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Richard A. Bandstra , Chief Legal Counsel, and Heather S. Meingast and Daniel E. Sonneveldt , Assistant Attorneys General, for the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Speaker Pro Tem of the House of Representatives, the House of Representatives Majority Floor Leader, and the House of Representatives.

Amicus Curiae: Fink + Associates Law (by David H. Fink, Rochester, and David Bressack), for the University of Michigan.

Before: TALBOT, P.J., and WILDER and RIORDAN, JJ.


RIORDAN, J.

Defendants appeal by leave granted a preliminary injunction enjoining the immediate effect of House Bill 4246 (HB 4246) and House Bill 4929 (HB 4929). We granted appellants' application for leave to appeal and motion for immediate consideration. We stayed the trial court's order and further proceedings pending the resolution of this appeal. Because plaintiffs fail to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits or an irreparable harm, we reverse the...

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