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.
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BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
SC: 143179
v COA: 291443
Jackson CC: 08-003406-AV
COREY MESSNER,
Defendant-Appellee.
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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