Legal Opinion

Akers v. McGinnis

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided December 1, 2003No. 01-1383PublishedCited by 90 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBoggs, C. J., joined by Suhrheinrich, J.,

CLAY, J. (pp. 1044-1056), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

BOGGS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, Dawn Akers and Kim Loran-ger, a current and a former employee of the Michigan Department of Corrections (“MDOC”), and their union, the United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 6000 (“UAW”), appeal the district court’s summary judgment for the defendants, Kenneth McGinnis, the director of the MDOC, and numerous other listed MDOC administrators. The plaintiffs had sued on the grounds that an MDOC rule (“Rule”) that…

2Cases cited45 opinions

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