Christopher P Martin v. Secretary of State

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan September 8, 2008 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice 137173(64)(65) Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan CHRISTOPHER P. MARTIN, ANNA Robert P. Young, Jr. McCOY, RICHARD M. HARRIS, and Stephen J. Markman, J. RICHARD ERNST, Justices Plaintiffs-Appellees, v SC: 137173 COA: 286015 Ingham CC: 08-000752-PZ SECRETARY OF STATE, DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS, and BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS, Defendants, and WILLIAM F. MYLES, Proposed Intervenor, and RONALD M. BERGERON, Proposed Intervenor-Appellant. _________________________________________/ On order of the Court, the motion for immediate consideration is GRANTED. The motion for reconsideration of this Court’s September 4, 2008 order is considered, and it is DENIED, because it does not appear that the order was entered erroneously. While under ordinary circumstances, this Court might have ordered the trial court to allow the proposed intervenor-appellant to intervene and then remanded for further proceedings, after which the intervenor-appellant would have been able to appeal an adverse trial court ruling on the merits, under the instant emergency circumstances, we believe that it was necessary to address both of these matters in the same order. CAVANAGH and WEAVER, JJ., would grant reconsideration for the reasons set forth in Justice Cavanagh’s September 4, 2008 concurring and dissenting statement in this case. 2 KELLY, J., would grant reconsideration for the reasons set forth in her September 4, 2008 dissenting statement in this case. 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. September 8, 2008 _________________________________________ d0908 Clerk