Opinion
Nos. 126980, 127032.
July 8, 2005.
Orders Granting Oral Argument in Cases Pending on Application for Leave to Appeal.
SC: 126980, 127032, COA: 241801.
Pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), the clerk is to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the applications or take other peremptory action permitted by MCR 7.302(G)(1). The parties are directed to include among the issues addressed at oral argument (1) whether the doctrine of res judicata applies to the stipulated order dismissing the suit against G. Phillip Douglass, and (2) whether the trial court abused its discretion in failing to grant plaintiffs' motion for relief from judgment or their motion for reconsideration. The parties may file supplemental briefs within 28 days of the date of this order, but they should avoid submitting mere restatement of arguments made in application papers.