Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
April 4, 2012 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
143909 Michael F. Cavanagh
Marilyn Kelly
Stephen J. Markman
Diane M. Hathaway
PATRICK C. HALL and AVA ORTNER, Mary Beth Kelly
Plaintiffs-Appellees, Brian K. Zahra,
Justices
v SC: 143909
COA: 294647
Oakland CC: 2009-099833-CD
STARK REAGAN, P.C., PETER L. ARVANT,
KENNETH M. BOYER, WILLIAM D.
GIRARDOT, CHRISTOPHER E. LeVASSEUR,
R. KEITH STARK, and MICHAEL H.
WHITING,
Defendants-Appellants,
and
JOSEPH A. AHERN and JEFFREY J. FLEURY,
Defendants-Appellees.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 13, 2011
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall
include among the issues to be briefed: (1) whether the parties’ shareholder agreement
arbitration clause encompasses claims arising under the Civil Rights Act (CRA), MCL
37.2101 et seq., and (2) whether the plaintiffs, as mutual equal shareholders of the law
firm, have a legally cognizable claim against the defendants under the CRA.
We further ORDER that this case be argued and submitted to the Court together
with the case of Hall v Stark Reagan, PC (Docket No. 143911), at such future session of
the Court as both cases are ready for submission.
I, Corbin R. Davis, 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.
April 4, 2012 _________________________________________
t0328 Clerk