Patrick C Hall v. Stark Reagan Pc

• Court: Michigan Supreme Court
• Decided: April 4, 2012
• Docket: 143911
• Status: Published

Opinion

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

April 4, 2012 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice

143911 Michael F. Cavanagh Marilyn Kelly Stephen J. Markman PATRICK C. HALL and AVA ORTNER, Diane M. Hathaway Plaintiffs-Appellees, Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra, Justices v SC: 143911 COA: 294647 Oakland CC: 2009-099833-CD STARK REAGAN, P.C., PETER L. ARVANT, KENNETH M. BOYER, WILLIAM D. GIRARDOT, CHRISTOPHER E. LeVASSEUR, R. KEITH STARK, and MICHAEL H. WHITING, Defendants-Appellees, and JOSEPH A. AHERN and JEFFREY J. FLEURY, Defendants-Appellants.

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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 13, 2011 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall include among the issues to be briefed: (1) whether the parties’ shareholder agreement arbitration clause encompasses claims arising under the Civil Rights Act (CRA), MCL 37.2101 et seq., (2) whether the plaintiffs, as mutual equal shareholders of the law firm, have a legally cognizable claim against the defendants under the CRA, and (3) whether the appellants are properly named defendants in this case.

We further ORDER that this case be argued and submitted to the Court together with the case of Hall v Stark Reagan, PC (Docket No. 143909), at such future session of the Court as both cases are ready for submission.

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 4, 2012 _________________________________________ t0328 Clerk