Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
November 2, 2016 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
Stephen J. Markman
Brian K. Zahra
154190-3(117) Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Joan L. Larsen,
BANK OF AMERICA, NA, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellee,
SC: 154190, 154191, 154192
v COA: 311798, 312426, 313797
Oakland CC: 2010-114319-CK
FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Defendant-Appellant,
and
FIDELITY TITLE COMPANY, HARRY S.
ELLMAN, JEANENNE FOSTER KEELY,
f/k/a JEANENNE FOSTER, FREEDOM
FINANCIAL MORTGAGE LENDING, LLC,
JOHN HUSAR, FIRST MORTGAGE
CORPORATION, THOMAS R. GRACZYK,
and RONALD KELLER,
Defendants.
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BANK OF AMERICA, NA,
Plaintiff/Counterdefendant-
Appellee,
SC: 154193
v COA: 313538
Genesee CC: 2011-095286-CZ
FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE
COMPANY, f/k/a LAWYERS TITLE
INSURANCE CORPORATION,
Defendant/Counterplaintiff-
Appellant,
and
2
CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
f/k/a TICOR TITLE INSURANCE OF
FLORIDA,
Defendant/Counterplaintiff,
and
GREAT LAKES BROKER FUNDING, KURT W.
HEINTZ, MICHIGAN LAND DEVELOPMENT,
THOMAS KELLER, TITLE MICHIGAN
AGENCY, JEANENNE FOSTER KEELY,
STATE VALUE APPRAISALS, NATHAN B.
HOGAN, DOUGLAS K. SMITH, MORTGAGE
HOTLINE, INC., d/b/a AMERICAN MORTGAGE
DECISIONS, JAMES D. LAMAR, III, and
JAMES J. FISH,
Defendants.
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On order of the Chief Justice, the motion of American Land Title Association to
participate as amicus curiae and submit a brief in support of the application for leave to
appeal is GRANTED. The amicus brief submitted on October 26, 2016, is accepted for
filing.
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.
November 2, 2016
Clerk