George Badeen v. Par Inc

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan January 29, 2014 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice 147150 Michael F. Cavanagh Stephen J. Markman Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra Bridget M. McCormack GEORGE BADEEN/ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY David F. Viviano, SITUATED and MIDWEST RECOVERY AND Justices ADJUSTMENT, INC., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v SC: 147150 COA: 302878 Wayne CC: 10-004053-CZ PAR, INC., d/b/a PAR NORTH AMERICA, REMARKETING SOLUTIONS, CENTERONE FINANCIAL SERVICES, L.L.C., FIRST NATIONAL REPOSSESSORS, INC., MILLENNIUM CAPITAL AND RECOVERY CORPORATION, RENOVO SERVICES, L.L.C., RENAISSANCE RECOVERY SOLUTIONS, INC., ASR NATIONWIDE, L.L.C., THE M. DAVIS COMPANY, INC., d/b/a U.S.A. RECOVERY SOLUTIONS, REPOSSESSORS, INC., AMERICAN RECOVERY SERVICE, INC., DIVERSIFIED VEHICLE SERVICES, INC., NATIONAL ASSET RECOVERY CORP., CONSUMER FINANCIAL SERVICES, L.L.C., TD AUTO FINANACE, L.L.C., TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION, NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, SANTANDER CONSUMER U.S.A., INC., PNC BANK, N.A., BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., FIFTH THIRD BANK, and THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, Defendants-Appellees, and MV CONNECT, L.L.C., d/b/a IIA, L.L.C., GE MONEY BANK, and MANHEIM RECOVERY SOLUTIONS, Defendants. _________________________________________/ 2 On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the April 11, 2013 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the application or take other action. MCR 7.302(H)(1). The parties shall submit supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of this order addressing whether the defendant forwarding companies engage in “soliciting a claim for collection” and therefore are “collection agenc[ies]” as defined by MCL 339.901(b). The parties should not submit mere restatements of their application papers. I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court. January 29, 2014 p0122 Clerk