Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
December 18, 2009 Marilyn Kelly,
Chief Justice
Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
139345-7 & (76) Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Stephen J. Markman
Diane M. Hathaway,
CHRISTOPHER LEE DUNCAN, BILLY JOE Justices
BURR, JR., STEVEN CONNOR, ANTONIO
TAYLOR, JOSE DAVILA, JENNIFER
O’SULLIVAN, CHRISTOPHER MANIES, and
BRIAN SECREST,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v SC: 139345-7
COA: 278652, 278858, 278860
Ingham CC: 07-000242-CZ
STATE OF MICHIGAN and GOVERNOR OF
MICHIGAN,
Defendants-Appellants.
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On order of the Court, the motion for leave to file supplemental authority is
GRANTED. The application for leave to appeal the June 11, 2009 judgment of the Court
of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED.
The Clerk of the Court is directed to place this case on the April 2010 session
calendar for argument and submission. Appellants’ brief and appendix must be filed no
later than February 8, 2010, and appellees’ brief and appendix, if appellees choose to
submit an appendix, must be filed no later than March 11, 2010.
The Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, the Prosecuting Attorneys
Association of Michigan, and the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan are invited to
file briefs amicus curiae, to be filed no later than March 29, 2010. Other persons or
groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this case may move the
Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae, to be filed no later than March 29, 2010.
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.
December 18, 2009 _________________________________________
1217 Clerk