Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans v. Secretary of State

• Court: Michigan Supreme Court
• Decided: September 25, 2020
• Docket: 161837
• Status: Published

Opinion

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

September 25, 2020 Bridget M. McCormack, Chief Justice

161837(20)(21) David F. Viviano, Chief Justice Pro Tem

MICHIGAN ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED Stephen J. Markman AMERICANS, DETROIT/DOWNRIVER Brian K. Zahra CHAPTER OF THE A. PHILIP RANDOLPH Richard H. Bernstein INSTITUTE, CHARLES ROBINSON, GERARD Elizabeth T. Clement McMURRAN, and JIM PEDERSON, Megan K. Cavanagh, Justices Plaintiffs-Appellees, v SC: 161837 COA: 354429 Ct of Claims: 2020-000108-MM SECRETARY OF STATE and ATTORNEY GENERAL, Defendants, and

SENATE and HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Proposed Intervenor Defendants, and

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE and MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN PARTY, Proposed Intervenor Defendants-Appellants. _________________________________________/

On order of the Court, the motion for immediate consideration is GRANTED. We direct the parties to file briefs by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, responding to petitioners’ motion for reconsideration and addressing whether Council of Orgs & Others for Ed About Parochiaid v Michigan, 321 Mich App 456 (2017), should be overruled and whether petitioners should be allowed to intervene, MCR 2.209. We further DIRECT the Court of Claims to issue a decision on the House of Representatives and Senate’s motion for intervention no later than Wednesday, September 30, 2020.

The Court of Appeals shall expedite its consideration of any appeal from the Court of Claims in this case.

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. September 25, 2020 b0925 Clerk