Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
June 11, 2010 Marilyn Kelly,
Chief Justice
140296 Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
GREGORY J. BOWENS, PAULA M. Stephen J. Markman
BRIDGES, and GARY A. BROWN, Diane M. Hathaway,
Plaintiffs-Appellees, Justices
and
ROBERT B. DUNLAP and PHILLIP A.
TALBERT,
Plaintiffs,
v SC: 140296
COA: 282711
Wayne CC: 02-233251-CZ
ARY, INC., d/b/a AFTERMATH
ENTERTAINMENT, PHILLIP J.
ATWELL, CHRONIC 2001 TOURING,
INC., GERONIMO FILM PRODUCTIONS,
INC., and ANDRE YOUNG,
Defendants-Appellants,
and
AMAZON.COM, INC., AOL TIME WARNER,
INC., BARNES & NOBLE, INC., BARNES &
NOBLE.COM, INC., BEST BUY COMPANY,
INC., BLOCKBUSTER, INC., BORDERS GROUP,
INC., CDNOW, INC., JOHN DOE #1,
JOHN DOE #2, EAGLE ROCK
ENTERTAINMENT, EAGLE VISION, INC.,
HARMONY HOUSE RECORDS & TAPES,
HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
HMV MEDIA GROUP, HONIGMAN MILLER
SCHWARTZ & COHN, L.L.P., HOUSE OF
BLUES CONCERTS/HEWITT/SILVA, L.L.C.,
INGRAM ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS,
INTERSCOPE RECORDS, INC., ERVIN
JOHNSON, MAGIC JOHNSON PRODUCTIONS,
L.L.C., METROPOLITAN ENTERTAINMENT
GROUP, INC., MGA, INC., MOVIE
GALLERY.COM, INC., MTS, INC/TOWER
RECORDS, THE MUSICLAND GROUP, INC.,
PANAVISION, INC., RADIO EVENTS GROUP,
INC., RED DISTRIBUTION, INC., PHIL
ROBINSON, WILLIAM SILVA, TRANS WORLD
2
ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, KIRDIS
TUCKER, WHEREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT,
INC., and WH SMITH, P.L.C.,
Defendants.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 24, 2009
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall
include among the issues to be briefed: (1) whether, as a matter of law, the videotaped
conversation in question was a “private conversation” or “private discourse” for purposes
of the eavesdropping statutes, MCL 750.539a, et seq.; and (2) whether, and under what
circumstances, a public-official- or police-plaintiff possesses a reasonable expectation of
privacy under MCL 750.539c in conversations with private citizens in pursuit of official
business in enforcing state or local laws and ordinances.
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.
June 11, 2010 _________________________________________
p0608 Clerk