on december 19, u.s. district court judge david lawson ruled that the state's three largest public universities—the university of michigan, michigan state university, and wayne state university—could delay implementation of proposal until july 1, 2007. the universities had filed a lawsuit seeking the delay, charging fairness in admissions, in response to bamn's lawsuit in which all three universities were named as defendants. the center for individual rights has asked the u.s. sixth circuit court of appeals to overturn judge lawson's ruling and force the universities to adhere to the ban on affirmative action immediately.