Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
November 19, 2009 Marilyn Kelly,
Chief Justice
138401 Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Stephen J. Markman
LANSING SCHOOLS EDUCATION Diane M. Hathaway,
ASSOCIATION, MEA/NEA, CATHY Justices
STACHWICK, PENNY FILONCZUK,
ELIZABETH NAMIE, and ELLEN WHEELER,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v SC: 138401
COA: 279895
Ingham CC: 07-000483-AW
LANSING BOARD OF EDUCATION and
LANSING SCHOOL DISTRICT,
Defendants-Appellees.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the January 27, 2009
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall
include among the issues to be briefed whether (1) the Court of Appeals erred in
concluding that the plaintiff school teachers and union lack standing to seek enforcement
of Section 1311a(1) of the Revised School Code, MCL 380.1 et seq., and (2) whether Lee
v Macomb Co Bd of Comm’rs, 464 Mich 726 (2001), was correctly decided.
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.
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.
November 19, 2009 _________________________________________
p1112 Clerk