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Argued October 9, 1987.
Decided November 4, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone (by John D. Pirich, Timothy Sawyer Knowlton, Kevin J. Moody, and Noah Eliezer Yanich) for the plaintiffs.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Gary P. Gordon and Richard P. Gartner, Assistant Attorneys General, for the defendants.
Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg (by Richard D. McLellan, William J. Perrone, and Cindy M. Wilder) for the intervening defendants.
Amici Curiae:
Edward M. Wise for American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan, Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan National Organization for Women, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Michigan, and Women Lawyers Association of Michigan.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
ARCHER, J.
In this case of first impression, we granted leave to determine whether Const 1963, art 4, § 27, applies to initiated laws enacted by the Legislature.1 If art 4, § 27 applies to initiated laws enacted by the Legislature, then those laws must receive a two-thirds vote of each house to take immediate effect. If art 4, § 27, does not apply, then those laws may be given...
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