Waid et al v. Snyder et al
Case Number:
5:16-cv-10444
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Firms
- Abood Law Firm
- Barris Sott
- Beveridge & Diamond
- Blank Rome
- Bronstein Gewirtz
- Bush Seyferth
- Butzel Long
- Campbell Conroy
- Clark Hill
- Cline Cline
- Cohen Milstein
- Collins Einhorn
- Cuker Law Firm
- Dema Law
- Faegre Drinker
- Farrell & Fuller
- Fieger Law
- Foster Swift
- Fraser Trebilcock
- Giroux Pappas
- Goodman Hurwitz
- Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
- Hall Render
- Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute
- Hart McLaughlin
- Hausfeld LLP
- Hertz Schram
- Honigman LLP
- Kitch Drutchas
- Kotz Sangster
- Law Office of Keith Altman
- Law Offices of Teresa A. Bingman
- Levy Konigsberg
- Littler Mendelson
- Loevy & Loevy
- Maddin Hauser
- Marc J. Bern & Partners
- Massey & Gail
- Mayer Brown
- McAlpine PC
- McGraw Morris
- McKeen & Associates
- Mike Morse Law Firm
- Motley Rice
- Murphy Falcon
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Nelson Mullins
- Pitt McGehee
- Plunkett Cooney
- Schenk & Bruetsch
- Simen Figura
- Smith Haughey
- Sommers Schwartz
- Sullivan Ward
- Susman Godfrey
- Taft Stettinius
- Weitz & Luxenberg
- Williams & Associates Law Firm PLLC
Companies
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan
- Great Lakes Water Authority
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Veolia Environnement SA
- Veolia North America
Government Agencies
- Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- State of Michigan
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