Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
May 29, 2009 Marilyn Kelly,
Chief Justice
138168 Michael F. Cavanagh
138179 Elizabeth A. Weaver
138182 Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Stephen J. Markman
Diane M. Hathaway,
Justices
BRIGGS TAX SERVICE, L.L.C.,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v SC: 138168
COA: 278865
MTT: 00-319592
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, and DETROIT
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Respondents-Appellants,
and
CITY OF DETROIT and WAYNE COUNTY
TREASURER,
Respondents.
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BRIGGS TAX SERVICE, L.L.C.,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v SC: 138179
COA: 278865
MTT: 00-319592
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DETROIT
BOARD OF EDUCATION, and WAYNE
COUNTY TREASURER,
Respondents,
and
CITY OF DETROIT,
Respondent-Appellant.
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BRIGGS TAX SERVICE, L.L.C.,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v SC: 138182
COA: 278865
MTT: 00-319592
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DETROIT
BOARD OF EDUCATION, and CITY OF
DETROIT,
Respondents,
and
WAYNE COUNTY TREASURER,
Respondent-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the applications for leave to appeal the December 23, 2008
judgment of the Court of Appeals are considered, and they are GRANTED, limited to the
issue of whether the petitioner’s dispute regarding the collection of property taxes for tax
years 2002, 2003, and 2004 involved a mutual mistake of fact made by the assessing
officer and the taxpayer such that the three-year limitation period of MCL 211.53a
applies to the petitioner’s claims.
Persons or groups interested in the determination of the issue 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.
May 29, 2009 _________________________________________
0526 Clerk