Chase M. Cantrell et al., Respondents
Mark D. Rosenbaum, Counsel of Record
On December 19, 2006, Chase M. Cantrell and a group of other students, faculty, and prospective applicants filed suit against the State of Michigan, challenging the constitutionality of Proposal 2 as applied to university admissions. In January 2007 their suit was joined with a similar one filed in November 2006 by the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality by Any Means Necessary. Mark D. Rosenbaum is chief counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, where he has worked since 1974. The following is excerpted from the Brief for the Respondents…