Opinion
SC: 161592 COA: 345415
03-24-2021
FOUNDATION FOR BEHAVIORAL RESOURCES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. W.E. UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORP., d/b/a Upjohn Institute and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, and Ben Damerow, Defendants-Appellees.
Order
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the May 28, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on the application. MCR 7.305(H)(1).
The appellant shall file a supplemental brief addressing whether private-figure plaintiffs must prove malice to establish the tort of false light invasion of privacy. The appellant's brief shall be filed by August 30, 2021, with no extensions except upon a showing of good cause. In the brief, citations to the record must provide the appendix page numbers as required by MCR 7.312(B)(1). The appellees shall file a supplemental brief within 21 days of being served with the appellant's brief. A reply, if any, must be filed by the appellant within 14 days of being served with the appellees’ brief. The parties should not submit mere restatements of their application papers.
Persons or groups interested in the determination of the issue presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.