Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Bernard Bouschor

Michigan Supreme Court

Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Bernard Bouschor

DecidedSeptember 18, 2009

Docket137986

StatusPublished

This text of Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Bernard Bouschor (Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Bernard Bouschor) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Michigan Supreme Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Bernard Bouschor, (Mich. 2009).

Pincite

Opinion

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

September 18, 2009 Marilyn Kelly, Chief Justice

137990 Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. INDIANS, Stephen J. Markman Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant/ Diane M. Hathaway, Appellee, Justices v SC: 137990 COA: 276712 Chippewa CC: 04-007606-CC BERNARD BOUSCHOR, Defendant/Appellant, and DANIEL T. GREEN, DAVID E. SCOTT, JAMES M. JANNETTA, and DANIEL J. WEAVER, Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs/ Appellees, and PAUL W. SHAGEN, JOSEPH M. PACZKOWSKI, and JOLENE M. NERTOLI, Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs, and MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK & STONE, P.L.C., Defendant/Appellee. _________________________________________/

On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the November 18, 2008 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We DIRECT the parties to submit supplemental briefs, within 35 days of the date of this order, addressing the issue whether Michigan’s governmental tort liability act, MCL 691.1401 et seq., applies to defendant Bernard Bouschor, the former tribal chairperson of plaintiff Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, in light of the Tribe’s status as a sovereign and the definitions contained in MCL 691.1401. The application for leave to appeal remains pending.

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. September 18, 2009 _________________________________________ p0915 Clerk

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

September 18, 2009 Marilyn Kelly, Chief Justice

137990 Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. INDIANS, Stephen J. Markman Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant/ Diane M. Hathaway, Appellee, Justices v SC: 137990 COA: 276712 Chippewa CC: 04-007606-CC BERNARD BOUSCHOR, Defendant/Appellant, and DANIEL T. GREEN, DAVID E. SCOTT, JAMES M. JANNETTA, and DANIEL J. WEAVER, Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs/ Appellees, and PAUL W. SHAGEN, JOSEPH M. PACZKOWSKI, and JOLENE M. NERTOLI, Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs, and MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK & STONE, P.L.C., Defendant/Appellee. _________________________________________/

On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the November 18, 2008 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We DIRECT the parties to submit supplemental briefs, within 35 days of the date of this order, addressing the issue whether Michigan’s governmental tort liability act, MCL 691.1401 et seq., applies to defendant Bernard Bouschor, the former tribal chairperson of plaintiff Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, in light of the Tribe’s status as a sovereign and the definitions contained in MCL 691.1401. The application for leave to appeal remains pending.

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. September 18, 2009 _________________________________________ p0915 Clerk

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Bernard Bouschor, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/sault-ste-marie-tribe-of-chippewa-indians-v-bernar-mich-2009.