Butzel Long’s appellate practice has a lengthy and distinguished record of success. Our representation in landmark cases include Groesbeck v. Michigan State Telephone Company, 172 N.W. 799; 206 Mich. 372 (1919), where the Michigan Supreme Court acknowledged that the President can exert control over local telephone and telegraph lines under federal war time powers; Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974), where the United States Supreme Court overturned the City of Detroit’s metropolitan cross-district school busing plan; and Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003), and Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003), where the United States Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of the University of Michigan undergraduate and law school’s affirmative action policies.
Butzel Long’s appellate practice has a lengthy and distinguished record of success. Our representation in landmark cases include Groesbeck v. Michigan State Telephone Company, 172 N.W. 799; 206 Mich. 372 (1919), where the Michigan Supreme Court acknowledged that the President can exert control over local telephone and telegraph lines under federal war time powers; Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974), where the United States Supreme Court overturned the City of Detroit’s metropolitan cross-district school busing plan; and Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003), and Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003), where the United States Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of the University of Michigan undergraduate and law school’s affirmative action policies.
Our attorneys have a broad range of experience in appellate courts around the country. We have attorneys that have clerked for judges in the Michigan Supreme Court, and the United States Courts of Appeal. In recent years, we have prepared briefs and argued before the Michigan Court of Appeals; the Michigan Supreme Court; the United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Federal circuits; and the United States Supreme Court. We also represent clients in appellate matters before federal and state administrative review bodies.
Clients frequently retain us to represent them in appeals to defend or challenge a result obtained by prior counsel. We represent individuals, entities, plaintiffs, and defendants.