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TAXPAYERS FOR MICH. v. DEPT. OF TECHNOLOGY

Docket No. 160658, Docket No. 160660 Calendar No. 4.

972 N.W.2d 738 (2021)

508 Mich. 48

TAXPAYERS FOR MICHIGAN CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, Steve Duchane, Randall Blum, and Sara Kandel, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. State of Michigan, DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, and Office of Auditor General, Defendants-Appellees. Taxpayers for Michigan Constitutional Government, Steve Duchane, Randall Blum, and Sara Kandel, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. State of Michigan, Department of Technology, Management and Budget, and Office of Auditor General, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 28, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice (by John C. Philo , Detroit), John E. Mogk , and Tracy A. Peters PLLC (by Tracy A. Peters ) for plaintiffs.

Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud , Solicitor General, and Matthew B. Hodges , David W. Thompson , and Michael S. Hill , Assistant Attorneys General, for defendants.

Rosati Schultz Joppich & Amtsbuechler PC, Farmington Hills (by Thomas R. Schultz , Carol A. Rosati , Elizabeth Saarela , and Steven P. Joppich ) for the Michigan Municipal League, the Government Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, the Michigan Townships Association, and the Michigan Association of Counties, amici curiae.

Andrew A. Paterson for the Taxpayers United Michigan Foundation, amicus curiae.

Dykema Gossett PLLC (by Leonard C. Wolfe , Lansing, Courtney F. Kissel , Bloomfield Hills, and Kyle M. Asher , Lansing) for the Michigan Association of Public School Academies and the Michigan Council of Charter School Authorizers, amici curiae.

Dykema Gossett PLLC (by Steven C. Liedel and Lauren E. Fitzsimons , Lansing), Hassan Beydoun , and William R. Stone , Troy, for the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate, amici curiae.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

At issue in this case is a dispute over what monies should be included in calculating "total state spending paid to all units of Local Government" under § 30 of the Headlee Amendment, Const. 1963, art. 9, § 30. Plaintiffs argue that the state is shortchanging units of local government...

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