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ROUCH WORLD v. DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS

No. 162482.

987 N.W.2d 501 (2022)

510 Mich. 398

ROUCH WORLD, LLC, and Uprooted Electrolysis, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS and Director of the Department of Civil Rights, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 28, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Great Lakes Justice Center (by David A. Kallman , William R. Wagner , Lansing, Stephen P. Kallman , Erin Mersino , Ann Arbor , and Jack C. Jordan , Lansing), for plaintiffs.

Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud , Solicitor General, and Tonya Celeste Jeter , Ron Robinson , and Kyla Barranco , Assistant Attorneys General, for defendants.

Leah M. Litman , Daniel T. Deacon , Jay D. Kaplan , Livonia, and Daniel S. Korobkin , for the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and others, amici curiae.

Gwinn Legal PLLC (by Daniel A. Gwinn , Troy, and Laura K. Bradshaw-Tucker ), for the Corktown Health Center, amicus curiae.

Linus Banghart-Linn , Assistant Solicitor General, for Governor Gretchen Whitmer, amicus curiae.

McClelland & Anderson, LLP (by Melissa A. Hagen and Gail A. Anderson , Lansing), for Michigan Realtors, amicus curiae.

Freid, Gallagher, Taylor & Associates (by Debra A. Freid , Lansing) and Gafkay Law, PLC (by Julie A. Gafkay , Saginaw), for the Michigan Association for Justice, amicus curiae.

Eli Savit , Washtenaw County Prosecutor (by Eli Savit , Victoria Burton-Harris , and Christina Hines ); Robert Steinhoff , Alger County Prosecutor; David Leyton , Genesee County Prosecutor; Carol A. Siemon , Ingham County Prosecutor; Jeffrey S. Getting , Kalamazoo County Prosecutor; Matt J. Wiese , Marquette County Prosecutor; Karen McDonald , Oakland County Prosecutor; and Kym Worthy , Wayne County Prosecutor, amici curiae.

Bodman PLC (by Thomas Van Dusen , Troy, Thomas J. Rheaume, Jr. , Detroit, and Gordon J. Kangas , Ann Arbor), for the Michigan Catholic Conference, amicus curiae.

Schiff Hardin LLP (by Jessica A. Sprovtsoff , Jacob K. Danziger , and Elise H. Yu , Ann Arbor) for various Michigan business, organizations, and Chambers of Commerce, and FGI (by Rami D. Fakhoury ), for Dow, Inc, amici curiae.

Angie Martell , Ann Arbor, Amanda J. Shelton , Royal Oak, S. Kerene Moore , Donald C. Wheaton, Jr. , Saint Clair Shores , Christine A. Yared , and Alanah M. Haskin , for the LGBTQA Section of the State Bar of Michigan, amicus curiae.

John J. Bursch , Caledonia, for Alliance Defending Freedom and Michigan Family Forum, amicus curiae.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH

OPINION

At issue for our consideration is whether the prohibition of discrimination "because of ... sex" in the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (the ELCRA), MCL 37.2101 et seq., encompasses discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. We hold that it does. Accordingly, we overrule the Court of Appeals decision...

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