Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
April 7, 2006 Clifford W. Taylor,
Chief Justice
130150 Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Marilyn Kelly
Maura D. Corrigan
GEORGE H. GOLDSTONE, Robert P. Young, Jr.
Plaintiff-Appellant, Stephen J. Markman,
Justices
v SC: 130150
COA: 262831
Oakland CC: 04-060611-CZ
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY,
Defendant-Appellee.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the November 8, 2005
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral
argument on whether to grant the application or take other peremptory action. MCR
7.302(G)(1). The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs within 56 days of the
date of this order limited to the issue whether defendant's challenged library policy is a
violation of Const 1963, art 8, § 9.
The Michigan Municipal League and the Michigan Library Association are invited
to file briefs amicus curiae on the issue identified above. Other persons or groups
interested in the determination of that issue 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.
April 7, 2006 _________________________________________
t0404 Clerk