Toth v. Callaghan

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Dkt. 29) and GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ AND INTERVENOR’S MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Dkts. 32, 34)

MARK A. GOLDSMITH, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a civil rights case brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 with pendent state law claims for violations of the Michigan Constitution. The initiating Plaintiffs are Christie Toth and the Graduate Employees Organization (“GEO”), a labor organization; the Intervenor Plaintiff is the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan. The initiating Plaintiffs and the Intervenor Plaintiff are…