Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
September 25, 2020 Bridget M. McCormack,
Chief Justice
161837(20)(21) David F. Viviano,
Chief Justice Pro Tem
MICHIGAN ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED Stephen J. Markman
AMERICANS, DETROIT/DOWNRIVER Brian K. Zahra
CHAPTER OF THE A. PHILIP RANDOLPH Richard H. Bernstein
INSTITUTE, CHARLES ROBINSON, GERARD Elizabeth T. Clement
McMURRAN, and JIM PEDERSON, Megan K. Cavanagh,
Justices
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v SC: 161837
COA: 354429
Ct of Claims: 2020-000108-MM
SECRETARY OF STATE and ATTORNEY
GENERAL,
Defendants,
and
SENATE and HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Proposed Intervenor Defendants,
and
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE and
MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN PARTY,
Proposed Intervenor
Defendants-Appellants.
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On order of the Court, the motion for immediate consideration is GRANTED. We
direct the parties to file briefs by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, responding
to petitioners’ motion for reconsideration and addressing whether Council of Orgs &
Others for Ed About Parochiaid v Michigan, 321 Mich App 456 (2017), should be
overruled and whether petitioners should be allowed to intervene, MCR 2.209. We further
DIRECT the Court of Claims to issue a decision on the House of Representatives and
Senate’s motion for intervention no later than Wednesday, September 30, 2020.
The Court of Appeals shall expedite its consideration of any appeal from the Court
of Claims in this case.
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.
September 25, 2020
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Clerk