Fieger v. Cox

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan March 24, 2008 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice Michael F. Cavanagh 133961-2(97) Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman, GEOFFREY N. FIEGER, FIEGER, FIEGER, Justices KENNY & JOHNSON, P.C., JOHN L. BARLOW, JOHN L. BARLOW & ASSOCIATES ADVERTISING, INC., and NANCY FISHER, Petitioners-Appellants, v SC: 133961, 133962 COA: 266264, 267309 Ingham CC: 05-001216-AW, MICHAEL A. COX, Individually and in his, 05-001217-AS Official Capacity as ATTORNEY GENERAL, TERRI LYNN LAND, Individually and in her Official Capacity as SECRETARY OF STATE, and THOMAS CAMERON, Respondents-Appellees. _________________________________________/ On order of the Court, the motion for reconsideration of this Court’s September 14, 2007 order is considered, and it is DENIED, because it does not appear that the order was entered erroneously. CAVANAGH, J., states as follows: I cannot participate in the reconsideration of the decision regarding the motion for recusal, but reiterate my position as stated in this Court’s September 14, 2007 order in this case, 480 Mich 874 (2007). WEAVER, J., dissents and states as follows: I dissent from the participation of Chief Justice Taylor and Justices Corrigan and Young for the reasons stated in my dissent from the September 14, 2007 order in this case, 480 Mich 874 (2007). 2 KELLY, J., states as follows: I cannot participate in the reconsideration of the decision regarding the motion for recusal, but reiterate my position as stated in this Court's September 14, 2007 order in this case, 480 Mich 874 (2007). MARKMAN, J., states as follows: I will not participate in this case because it directly pertains to the Attorney General’s investigation of petitioners’ financial conduct undertaken in connection with my reelection campaign in 2004. 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. March 24, 2008 _________________________________________ d0317 Clerk