Michigan Education Association Sues Mackinac Center for Public Policy for Quoting the Union's President

The following is a list of articles related to the Michigan Education Association (MEA) lawsuit against the Mackinac Center for Public Policy for quoting the union's president.

BACKGROUND

• Post-lawsuit interview of Lawrence Reed and Joseph Lehman -- includes details from MEA sworn depositions

• Institute for Justice litigation backgrounder - details of the lawsuit, related cases, analysis

• News release describing the MEA's legal attack on the Mackinac Center

• News release describing Mackinac Center victory over the MEA lawsuit

• Michigan Court of Appeals opinion, March 18, 2004 (pdf)

• Partial transcript of MEA President's Mackinac Center remarks at his September 27, 2001 news conference

MEDIA

• Detroit Free Press editorial praising court's decision to throw out lawsuit (March 26, 2004) (pdf)

• Detroit News column by Tom Bray on the Mackinac Center victory (April 14, 2004) (pdf)

• Oakland Press editorial says Mackinac Center has MEA "on the defensive"

• Traverse City Record-Eagle condemns MEA "intimidation tactics"

• Monroe Evening News calls MEA lawsuit "frivolous assault" on "freedom of speech" (pdf)

• Lansing State Journal editorial praising court's decision to throw out lawsuit (March 27, 2004)

• Letter from MEA member in the Lansing State Journal (April 1, 2004) (pdf)

• Associated Press story on Mackinac Center victory (March 22, 2004) (pdf)

• Booth Newspapers story on Mackinac Center victory (March 20, 2004)

• Midland Daily News story on Mackinac Center victory (March 20, 2004) (pdf)

• Detroit Free Press story on Mackinac Center victory (March 19, 2004)

• Detroit News story on Mackinac Center victory (March 19, 2004)

• Detroit News editorial urges appeals court to throw out MEA lawsuit (February 7, 2004)

• Detroit News story on lawsuit arguments before the appeals court (February 4, 2004)

• Appeals court to hear arguments (January 30, 2004)

• Wall Street Journal column by John Fund on OpinionJournal.com

• Associated Press news story on possible dismissal of lawsuit (January 9, 2003) (pdf)

• Mackinac Center asks Michigan appeals court to dismiss union's legal attack (January 7, 2003)

• Detroit Free Press and Boston Globe column by Jeff Jacoby (October 10, 2002) (pdf)

• The Washington Post column by George F. Will (June 23, 2002)

• Letters to the editor of The Detroit News and Lansing State Journal (pdf)

• Columnist Tom Bray on the MEA's lawsuit against the Mackinac Center (June 2, 2002) (pdf)

• The Detroit News editorial on the MEA's lawsuit (May 25, 2002) (pdf)

• A comment on the MEA's lawsuit at National Review Online (May 22, 2002)

• Complete video of Mackinac Center / Institute for Justice news conference (May 22, 2002)

RELATED INFORMATION

• Video of public school board president citing past MEA intimidation tactics

• Web feature: Is MEA helping or hurting education?