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Whitmer v. Linderman | In re Executive Message (Governor v. Prosecuting Attorneys)

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Summary

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed the lawsuit—which seeks to invalidate a 91-year-old Michigan law that prohibits the providing of abortions—on the premise that the U.S. Supreme Court might overturn Roe v. Wade later this year. The defendants are 13 county prosecutors in jurisdictions with abortion clinics.

Legal Documents

Court
Title
Date
Appellate Court
Right to Life of Michigan and Michigan Catholic Conference's reply in support of emergency application for leave to appeal or peremptory reversal of denial of their motion to intervene
10/12/2022
Appellate Court
Right to Life of Michigan and Michigan Catholic Conference's Motion for Immediate Consideration of Their Emergency Application For Leave to Appeal or Peremptory Reversal of Denial of Their Motion to Intervene
9/6/2022
Appellate Court
Right to Life of Michigan and Michigan Catholic Conference's Emergency Application for Leave to Appeal or Peremptory Reversal of Denial of Their Motion to Intervene
9/6/2022
Trial Court
Order re: proposed intervenors Right to Life of Michigan and Michigan Catholic Conference motion to intervene
8/16/2022
Trial Court
Order re: proposed intervenors Right to Life of Michigan and Michigan Catholic Conference motion for leave to file a reply in support of renewed motion to intervene
8/16/2022
Trial Court
Order re: proposed intervenors Right to Life of Michigan and Michigan Catholic Conference motion for leave to file a brief in opposition to Gov. Whitmer's motion for preliminary injunction
8/16/2022
Trial Court
Proposed intervenors Right to Life of Michigan and Michigan Catholic Conference's motion for immediate consideration of their 1) motion for leave to file a brief in opposition to Gov. Whitmer's motion for preliminary injunction and 2) motion for leave
8/15/2022
Trial Court
Proposed intervenors Right to Life of Michigan and Michigan Catholic Conference's motion for leave to file a brief in opposition to Gov. Whitmer's motion for preliminary injunction
8/15/2022
State Supreme Court
Proposed intervenors' supplemental brief in opposition to Governor Whitmer's request for certification
6/8/2022
State Supreme Court
Brief in opposition to Gov. Whitmer's request for certification
4/22/2022
State Supreme Court
Proposed motion for immediate consideration
4/22/2022
State Supreme Court
Proposed motion to intervene
4/22/2022

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John Bursch
John Bursch
Senior Counsel, Vice President of Appellate Advocacy
John Bursch is senior counsel and vice president of appellate advocacy with Alliance Defending Freedom. Bursch has argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court cases and three dozen state supreme court cases, and he has successfully litigated six matters with at least $1 billion at stake.
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