Opinion
SC: 159239 SC: 159240
07-02-2019
HAZIM GULLA, IKHALAS GULLA, HEATHER GULLA, HOLLY GULLA, HEIDI GULLA, DARRELL DAVIS, BARBARA DAVIS, ELISA KLINE, MASON KLINE, ELIZABETH EBERHARDT, JIMMY JAMES, LAROSA E. PATRICK, HELEN CHAPMAN, DAMARIUS CHAPMAN, SADE CHAPMAN, DIONTE CHAPMAN, TAJUANA CHAPMAN, TASHIANA CHAPMAN, KYEIRA HOWELL, LASHONDA JONES, DOROTHY CHAPMAN, Individually and as Conservator of the ESTATE OF LULA PEARL ATKINS-NELSON, SHAMIYA CHAPMAN, DUQUAN CHAPMAN, HARRY CHAPMAN, MICHAEL LYMON, DEBORAH CHAPMAN-MARSHALL, FREDERICK MARSHALL, ESSIE CHAPMAN, INEZ MARIE WALKER, RONNIE L. WALKER, SHAWANA M. WALKER, STEVEN W. REDMOND, JEROME CHAPMAN, JEANETTE CHAPMAN, MAURICE CHAPMAN, MAY J. CHAPMAN, JOHN W. CHAPMAN, BOBBIE RODGERS, HENRY C. BIGGS, RENITA M. COLEMAN, MELEISA A. BETTS, ANGELA PRICE, D'ANNA N. PRICE, AA'NIYAH EVANS, ARTAYAH PRICE, BOBBY DEAN GRACE, TERRY GRAVELLE, MARILYN DONEY-GRAVELLE, ANGELINA DONEY, ANNE M. HICKS, JOSHUA HICKS, LAQUANTUS CARDWELL, RAVEN NEAL, ROMERO CARDWELL, SIRQRON CARDWELL, KATHLEEN CLIFTON, CARLTON BUTLER, DANIEL CLIFTON, DEBBIE MITCHELL-BUTLER, MAGNOLIA YOUNGER, RYAN YOUNGER, GOWON YOUNGER, TIESHA TAYLOR, DAMARRION E. TAYLOR, MARIAH A. TAYLOR, KANIYA TAYLOR, and PAULA BROWN, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF MICHIGAN, GOVERNOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, and DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendants-Appellees, and EDWARD KURTZ, DARNELL EARLEY, and JERRY AMBROSE, Defendants-Appellants, and DAN WYANT, Defendant. LAWRENCE WASHINGTON, JR., Individually and as Next Friend of TAYLOR WASHINGTON, Minor, MORGAN WASHINGTON, Minor, CHLOE WASHINGTON, Minor, MADISON WASHINGTON, Minor, and LAWRENCE WASHINGTON, Minor, AARON SWINGER, ANGELA WAY, and CONNIE McNEAL, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GOVERNOR, STATE OF MICHIGAN, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, and DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendants-Appellees, and DARNELL EARLEY, GERALD AMBROSE, and MIKE BROWN, Defendants-Appellants, and ED KURTZ, Defendant.
Order
159239-40 Bridget M. McCormack, Chief Justice David F. Viviano, Chief Justice Pro Tem Stephen J. Markman Brian K. Zahra Richard H. Bernstein Elizabeth T. Clement Megan K. Cavanagh, Justices COA: 340017
Court of Claims: 16-000298-MZ COA: 340275
Court of Claims: 16-000300-MM
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the January 24, 2019 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, it appearing to this Court that the cases of Mays v Governor (Docket Nos. 157335-7, 157340-2) are pending on appeal before this Court and that the decisions in those cases may resolve an issue raised in the present application for leave to appeal, we ORDER that the application be held in ABEYANCE pending the decisions in those cases.
CLEMENT, J., not participating due to her prior involvement as chief legal counsel for the Governor.
I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
July 2, 2019
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Clerk