Opinion
Nos. 138920 and 138921.
September 30, 2009.
Appeal from the Court of Appeals Nos. 280820 and 281005.
Actions on Applications for Leave to Appeal from the Court of Appeals.
Leave to Appeal Granted.
The parties shall include among the issues to be briefed: (1) whether the Court of Appeals correctly decided in Barnes v IBM, 212 Mich App 223 (1995), (a) that an alleged violation of the Civil Rights Act "occurred" only when and where the corporate decision affecting the plaintiff's employment was made, MCL 37.2801(2); and (b) that this Court's analysis of MCL 600.1629 from Gross v Gen Motors Corp, 448 Mich 147 (1995), should be applied to discrimination cases brought under MCL 37.2801(2); and (2) whether the Court of Appeals correctly determined that the alleged violation "occurred" only in Oakland County, where the decision to terminate the plaintiffs was made, rather than in Wayne County, where the plaintiffs worked and where that decision was communicated to the plaintiffs.
The Clerk of the Court is directed to place this case on the January 2010 session calendar for argument and submission. Appellants' brief and appendix must be filed no later than November 13, 2009, and appellee's brief and appendix, if appellee chooses to submit an appendix, must be filed no later than December 4, 2009.
The Michigan Association for Justice and Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc., are invited to file briefs amicus curiae, to be filed no later than December 16, 2009. Other persons or groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae, to be filed no later than December 16, 2009.