TELFORD v. STATE

No. 340929.

933 N.W.2d 347 (2019)

327 Mich. App. 195

John TELFORD, Helen Moore, Aliya Moore, Yolanda Peoples, Bobbi Dickerson, Denise Tanks, Juvette Hawkins-Williams, Elena Herrada, Wanda Redmond, Ida Short, and Twanna Simpson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE of Michigan, Governor, State Treasurer, Department of Treasury, and Department of Technology, Management, and Budget, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided February 26, 2019, at 9:15 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Bleakley, PLLC (by Thomas H. Bleakley ) for plaintiffs.

Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud , Solicitor General, and Jonathan S. Ludwig , Assistant Attorney General, for defendants.

Before: Cameron, P.J., and Beckering and Ronayne Krause, JJ.


Plaintiffs are various taxpayers, residents, and parents of children in Detroit who generally contend that defendants have engaged in a longstanding practice of mandating certain educational services without providing funding for those services in violation of the Headlee Amendment, Const. 1963, art. 9, §§ 25 through...

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