MI GUN OWNERS v. ANN ARBOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Nos. 155196, 155204.

918 N.W.2d 756 (2018)

502 Mich. 695

MICHIGAN GUN OWNERS, INC. and Ulysses Wong, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ANN ARBOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS and Jeanice K. Swift, Defendants-Appellees. Michigan Open Carry Inc. and Kenneth Herman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Clio Area School District, Fletcher Spears III, and Katrina Mitchell, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Makowski Legal Group, PLC (by James J. Makowski ) for plaintiffs in Docket No. 155196.

Collins & Blaha, PC, Farmington Hills, (by William J. Blaha and Julia M. Melkić ), for defendants in Docket No. 155196.

Dean G. Greenblatt, PLC, Bloomfield Hills, (by Dean G. Greenblatt ), for plaintiffs in Docket No. 155204.

Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, PC, Troy, (by Timothy J. Mullins ), for defendants in Docket No. 155204.

Joel Gerring , Okemos, for amici curiae, the Michigan Association of School Boards.

Shifman & Carlson, PC, Farmington Hills, (by Robert J. Gavin and Sean P. Murphy ), for amici curiae, Life Skills Center of Pontiac and edtec central, LLC.

White Schneider PC, Okemos, (by Jeffrey S. Donahue and John A. Maise ), for amici curiae, the Michigan Education Association and the Michigan Parent Teacher Association.

Stephen K. Postema for amici curiae, the city of Ann Arbor.

Ferguson Widmayer PC, Ann Arbor, (by Mark A. Hopper ) and White & Case LLP (by Paul B. Carberry ) for amici curiae, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

The Law Offices of Steven W. Dulan, PLC, East Lansing, (by Steven W. Dulan ), for amici curiae, the Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners.

Jacobs and Diemer, PC, Detroit, (by John P. Jacobs ), for amici curiae, the Negligence Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Julian Davis Mortenson for Engage 18.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.


OPINION

The defendants, the Ann Arbor and Clio school districts, each have a policy banning firearms on school property. The plaintiffs, advocacy organizations supporting gun ownership and certain parents of children who attend school in the defendant districts, believe state law preempts these policies by implication. While...

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