National Pride at Work, Inc v. Governor

Intervening defendant Attorney General Michael Cox (AG) appeals as of right the Ingham Circuit Court’s order granting summary disposition under MCR 2.116(0(10) to plaintiffs National Fride at Work, Inc., which is a nonprofit constituency group of the AFL-CIO, 1 and various public employees and their respective same-sex domestic partners. In this appeal, the AG challenges the trial court’s declaratory ruling that the marriage amendment, article 1, § 25 of the Michigan Constitution, 2 does not preclude public employers from extending benefits to domestic partners of the same sex. We reverse.

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