Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: George Boyer Washington, Scheff, Washington & Driver, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee in 08-1387/1534. John J. Bursch, Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee in 08-1387/1534. Leonard M. Niehoff, Len Niehoff & Associates, Chelsea, Michigan, Stephanie R. Setterington, Varnum LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan for Appellees/Cross-Appellants in 08-1387/1534. Charles J. Cooper, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant in 08-1389. Mark D. Rosenbaum, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, George Boyer Washington, Scheff, Washington & Driver, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees in 08-1389. Mark D. Rosenbaum, ACLU Foundation Of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, for Appellant in 09-1111. John J. Bursch, Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee in 09-1111. ON BRIEF: George Boyer Washington, Shanta Driver, Scheff, Washington & Driver, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, Winifred Kao, Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco, California, for the Coalition Plaintiffs. Mark D. Rosenbaum, ACLU Foundation Of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, Karin A. DeMasi, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, New York, for Cantrell Plaintiffs. Michael E. Rosman, Center For Individual Rights, Washington, D.C., Charles J. Cooper, David H. Thompson, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant in 08-1389. Leonard M. Niehoff, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn, LLP, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the Universities Defendants. John J. Bursch, Margaret A. Nelson, Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Defendant Attorney General. Stephanie R. Setterington, Varnum LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Defendants Wayne State University and Irvin Reid. Wilson R. Huhn, The University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio, Kenneth C. Yeager, Drociak, Yeager & Associates, Los Angeles, California, Daniel M. Levy, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, Detroit, Michigan, Eugene Driker, Barris, Sott, Denn, Driker, P.L.L.C., Detroit, Michigan, Catherine M. Mish, Kristen Rewa, City of Grand Rapids, City Attorney's Office, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Doyle O'Connor, Detroit, Michigan, Allison S. Elgart, Equal Justice Society, San Francisco, California, G. Scott Emblidge, Moscone Emblidge & Sater LLP, San Francisco, California, Derek T. Ho, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., Barry Levenstam, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Michael Francis Smith, The Smith Appellate Law Firm, Washington, D.C., Sharon L. Browne, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, for Amici Curiae.
COLE, J., delivered the opinion of court in which MARTIN, DAUGHTREY, MOORE, CLAY, WHITE, STRANCH, and DONALD, JJ., joined; and BATCHELDER, C.J., and GIBBONS, ROGERS, SUTTON, COOK, and GRIFFIN, JJ., joined in Part II.B and C. BOGGS, J. (pp. 491-93), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which BATCHELDER, C.J., joined. GIBBONS (pp. 493-505), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which BATCHELDER, C.J., and ROGERS, SUTTON, and COOK, JJ., joined, and GRIFFIN, J., joined with the exception of Part III. ROGERS (pg. 505) delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which COOK, J., joined. SUTTON (pp. 505-11), delivered a separate dissenting opinion in which BATCHELDER, C.J., and BOGGS and COOK, JJ., joined. GRIFFIN, J. (pp. 511-14), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
