Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
July 9, 2009 Marilyn Kelly,
Chief Justice
137443 & (93) Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Stephen J. Markman
SHEPHERD MONTESSORI CENTER MILAN, Diane M. Hathaway,
Plaintiff-Appellant, Justices
v SC: 137443
COA: 272357
Washtenaw CC: 00-001072-AS
ANN ARBOR CHARTER TOWNSHIP,
ANN ARBOR CHARTER TOWNSHIP ZONING
OFFICIAL, and ANN ARBOR CHARTER
TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS,
Defendants-Appellees.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the November 6, 2003
and August 26, 2008 judgments of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is
GRANTED, limited to the issues: (1) whether the Court of Appeals applied the correct
standard of review in determining that the defendants violated the plaintiff’s right to
equal protection; and (2) whether the defendants violated the plaintiff’s right to equal
protection in denying the plaintiff’s request for a variance. The motion to strike the
amicus curiae brief 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.
July 9, 2009 _________________________________________
p0701 Clerk