MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERV. CLUBS v. SEC. OF STATE, 464 Mich. 855 (2001)

630 N.W.2d 331

MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS, MICHIGAN COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS, ROSS DYKMAN, DAVID K. FELBECK, and CORRIE WILLIAMS, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF STATE, and the BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS, Defendants-Appellees, and PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT KIDS, Intervening Defendant-Appellee.

No. 119274 (40)(46)(47).Supreme Court of Michigan.
May 24, 2001.

COA: 233331

On order of the Court, the motions for immediate consideration and for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae are GRANTED. The application for leave to appeal from the May 16, 2001, decision of the Court of Appeals, is considered, and it is GRANTED, limited to the issue whether 2000 PA 381 is an act making an appropriation for a state institution for the purposes of Const 1963, art 2, § 9.

The case shall be submitted on the briefs filed in support of and in opposition to the application for leave to appeal. The parties are directed to file 24 copies of those briefs by May 31, 2001. The appellants may file a supplemental brief by June 1, 2001, and the appellees may file supplemental briefs by June 8, 2001. The Clerk is directed to schedule the case for argument at 2:00 p.m. on June 13, 2001, together with MGM Grand Detroit L.L.C. v Community Coalition forEmpowerment, Docket No. 119309.

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