Opinion
SC 164266 SC 164267SC 164268 SC: 164269SC 164270 (108) (116) COA 349557 COA 349633 COA 349636 COA 350394 COA 350406
01-30-2024
DELORES PROCTOR, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant/ Cross-Appellee, v. SAGINAW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, TIMOTHY M. NOVAK, BAY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, RICHARD F. BRZEZINSKI, GRATIOT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, MICHELLE THOMAS, MIDLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, CATHY LUNSFORD, ISABELLA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, STEVEN W. PICKENS, TUSCOLA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, PATRICIA DONOVAN- GRAY, and SHAWNA S. WALRAVEN, Defendants-Appellees/ Cross-Appellants. RONALD MAYNARD, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant/ Cross-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF BENZIE, MICHELLE L. THOMPSON, COUNTY OF MANISTEE, RUSSELL POMEROY, COUNTY OF WEXFORD, JAYNE E. STANTON, COUNTY OF MISSAUKEE, LORI COX, COUNTY OF MASON, ELISABETH FRAZIER, COUNTY OF LAKE, BRENDA KUTCHINSKI, COUNTY OF OSCEOLA, LORI LEUDEMAN, COUNTY OF OCEANA, MARY LOU PHILLIPS, COUNTY OF NEWAYGO, HOLLY MOON, and ANDREW KMETZ, Defendants-Appellees/ Cross-Appellants. STEPHEN MORRIS and ROBIN MORRIS, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants/ Cross-Appellees, v. COUNTY OF MONTMORENCY, JEAN M. KLEIN, COUNTY OF ALPENA, KIMBERLY LUDLOW, COUNTY OF OSCODA, WILLIAM KENDALL, COUNTY OF ROSCOMMON, REBECCA RAGAN, COUNTY OF ARENAC, DENNIS STAWOWY, COUNTY OF CLARE, JENNY BEEMER-FRITZINGER, COUNTY OF GLADWIN, CHRISTY VAN TIEM, COUNTY OF OGEMAW, and DWIGHT McINTYRE, Defendants-Appellees/ Cross-Appellants, and COUNTY OF ALCONA and CHERYL FRANKS, Defendants-Appellees. LARRY CARLSON and MARY JO CARLSON, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants/ Cross-Appellees, v. BRET E. WITKOWSKI, COUNTY OF BERRIEN, COUNTY OF CASS, HOPE ANDERSON, COUNTY OF KALAMAZOO, MARY BALKEMA, COUNTY OF ST. JOSEPH, JUDITH RATERING, Defendants-Appellees/ Cross-Appellants, and COUNTY OF VAN BUREN, TRISHA NESBITT, and KAREN MAKAY, Defendants-Appellees. JOANNE SMITH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant/ Cross-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF WASHTENAW, and CATHERINE McCLARY, Defendants-Appellees, and COUNTY OF HILLSDALE, STEPHENIE KYSER, COUNTY OF LENAWEE, MARILYN J. WOODS, COUNTY OF MONROE, and KAY SISUNG, Defendants-Appellees/ Cross-Appellants.
Tuscola CC: 18-030544-CZ
Newaygo CC: 18-020435-CZ
Roscommon CC: 18-724294-CZ
Berrien CC: 18-000260-CZ
Monroe CC: 18-141556-CZ
Elizabeth T. Clement, Chief Justice, Brian K. Zahra, David F. Viviano, Richard H. Bernstein, Megan K. Cavanagh, Elizabeth M. Welch, Kyra H. Bolden, Justices
ORDER
On order of the Court, the motion for immediate consideration is GRANTED. The application for leave to appeal the January 6, 2022 judgment of the Court of Appeals and the application for leave to appeal as cross-appellants are considered and, it appearing to this Court that the case of Schafer v Kent Co (Docket No. 164975) is pending on appeal before this Court and that the decision in that case may resolve an issue raised in the present applications for leave to appeal, we ORDER that the applications be held in ABEYANCE pending the decision in that case.