United States Sixth Circuit

In a suit brought seeking to enjoin the placement on the ballot of a citizen-initiated proposal that would amend Michigan's constitution to prohibit all sex- and race-based preferences in public education, employment, and contracting, an appeal from a denial of a preliminary injunction and dismissal of plaintiffs' Voting Rights Act claim is dismissed as moot as the opportunity to keep the proposal off the ballot has long since passed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/25/2007
• Decided 08/28/2007
• Published 08/28/2007

Judges

• Before: COLE and GILMAN, Circuit Judges;  MARBLEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Shanta Driver, Scheff & Washington, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants.  Michael E. Rosman, Center for Individual Rights, Washington, D.C., Heather S. Meingast, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:Shanta Driver, George B. Washington, Scheff & Washington, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants.  Michael E. Rosman, Center for Individual Rights, Washington, D.C., Heather S. Meingast, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.