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MICHIGAN EDUC. ASS'N v. SECRETARY OF STATE

Docket No. 137451. Calendar No. 7.

801 N.W.2d 35 (2011)

489 Mich. 194

MICHIGAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF STATE, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 30, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White, Schneider, Young & Chiodini, P.C., Okemos (by Kathleen Corkin Boyle), for petitioner.

Bill Schuette, Attorney General, John J. Bursch, Solicitor General, and Heather S. Meingast, Denise C. Barton, and Ann Sherman, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.

Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C., Lansing (by Eric E. Doster), for Amicus Curiae Michigan Chamber of Commerce.

Sachs Waldman, P.C., Detroit (by Andrew Nickelhoff), for Amici Curiae Michigan State AFL-CIO; SEIU Michigan State Council; and International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.

Patrick J. Wright for Amicus Curiae Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

Opinion

MARKMAN, J.

ON REHEARING

This case returns to this Court on a motion for rehearing. The Michigan Campaign Finance Act (MCFA) prohibits a "public body" from using public resources to make a "contribution or expenditure" for political purposes. MCL 169.257(1). At issue in this case is whether a public school district's administration of a payroll deduction plan that collects and remits political contributions from its employees to the Michigan...

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