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Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

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MICHIGAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Petitioner-Appellant, v SECRETARY OF STATE, Respondent-Appellee.

Chief Justice:

Justices:

Robert P. Young, Jr. Michael F. Cavanagh Marilyn Kelly Stephen J. Markman Diane M. Hathaway Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra

FILED JUNE 30, 2011 STATE OF MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT

No. 137451

ON REHEARING BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH MARKMAN, J. This case returns to this Court on a motion for rehearing. The Michigan

Campaign Finance Act (MCFA) prohibits a "public body" from using public resources to make a "contribution or expenditure" for political purposes. MCL 169.257(1). At issue in this case is whether a public school district's administration of a payroll deduction plan that collects and remits political contributions from its employees to the Michigan Education Association's political action committee (MEA-PAC) runs afoul of

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