Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP v. City of Detroit

Opinion

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

November 21, 2018 Stephen J. Markman, Chief Justice

157522 Brian K. Zahra Bridget M. McCormack

David F. Viviano

Richard H. Bernstein

Kurtis T. Wilder

HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ AND Elizabeth T. Clement, COHN, LLP, Justices Petitioner-Appellee,

v SC: 157522 COA: 336175 Tax Tribunal: 16-000202

CITY OF DETROIT, Respondent-Appellant.

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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the January 18, 2018 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall address whether the Court of Appeals erred in its construction of the phrase “services rendered within the city” in the Uniform City Income Tax Ordinance, MCL 141.623. The time allowed for oral argument shall be 20 minutes for each side. MCR 7.314(B)(1).

The City of Grand Rapids and the Taxation Section of the State Bar of Michigan are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other 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, Larry S. Royster, 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.

November 21, 2018

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Clerk