Capital Area District Library v. Michigan Open Carry, Inc.

GLEICHER, EJ.

(concurring in part and dissenting in part). I concur with the majority’s determination that the Capital Area District Library is not a “local unit of *242government” as defined in MCL 123.1101(a) and that the library’s weapons policy is permitted by the District Library Establishment Act, MCL 397.171 et seq. Precisely because the library is not a local unit of government and has promulgated a policy falling squarely within its rulemaking authority, I respectfully dissent from the majority’s conclusion that the field-preemption doctrine nullifies the plain language of the relevant…