Residential Funding Company Llc v. Gerald Saurman

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan October 26, 2011 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice Michael F. Cavanagh Marilyn Kelly Stephen J. Markman Diane M. Hathaway Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra, 143178-9(121)(122)(127)(128)(129) Justices RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CO., L.L.C., f/k/a RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, SC: 143178 v COA: 290248 Kent CC: 08-011138-AV GERALD SAURMAN, Defendant-Appellee. ______________________________________ BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, SC: 143179 v COA: 291443 Jackson CC: 08-003406-AV COREY MESSNER, Defendant-Appellee. ______________________________________ On order of the Chief Justice, motions by Gregory V. Alkema, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems and Mortgage Bankers Association, Law Professor Jean Braucher and others, and Chemical Bank, and the Michigan Chamber of Commerce to file briefs amicus curiae are considered and they are granted. The motion by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. and Mortgage Bankers Association for leave to participate in oral argument is denied. 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. October 26, 2011 _________________________________________ Clerk