Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
January 5, 2007 Clifford W. Taylor,
Chief Justice
130542 Michael F. Cavanagh
130543 Elizabeth A. Weaver
Marilyn Kelly
Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Stephen J. Markman,
INTERNATIONAL HOME FOODS, INC., Justices
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 130542
COA: 253748
Ct of Claims: 02-000081-MT
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY,
Defendant-Appellant.
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LENOX, INC.,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 130543
COA: 253760
Ct of Claims: 01-018141-MT
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY,
Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, leave to appeal having been granted, and the briefs and oral
argument of the parties having been considered by the Court, we hereby REVERSE the
judgment of the Court of Appeals and REINSTATE the judgment of the Ingham Circuit
Court for the reasons stated in the Court of Appeals dissent.
CAVANAGH, J., dissents and would affirm the Court of Appeals decision in this
matter.
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.
January 5, 2007 _________________________________________
l0103 Clerk