Opinion
Docket No. 147150. COA No. 302878.
2014-01-29
George BADEEN/All Others Similarly Situated and Midwest Recovery and Adjustment, Inc., Plaintiffs–Appellants, v. PAR, INC., d/b/a PAR North America, Remarketing Solutions, Centerone Financial Services, L.L.C., First National Repossessors, Inc., Millennium Capital and Recovery Corporation, Renovo Services, L.L.C., Renaissance Recovery Solutions, Inc., ASR Nationwide, L.L.C., The M. Davis Company, Inc., d/b/a U.S.A. Recovery Solutions, Repossessors, Inc., American Recovery Service, Inc., Diversified Vehicle Services, Inc., National Asset Recovery Corp., Consumer Financial Services, L.L.C., TD Auto Finance, L.L.C., Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, Santander Consumer U.S.A., Inc., PNC Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Fifth Third Bank, and the Huntington National Bank, Defendants–Appellees, and MV Connect, L.L.C., d/b/a IIA, L.L.C., GE Money Bank, and Manheim Recovery Solutions, Defendants.
Order
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the April 11, 2013 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the application or take other action. MCR 7.302(H)(1). The parties shall submit supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of this order addressing whether the defendant forwarding companies engage in “soliciting a claim for collection” and thereforeare “collection agenc[ies]” as defined by MCL 339.901(b). The parties should not submit mere restatements of their application papers.