Opinion
No. 122054.
March 25, 2003.
COA: 227874, Calhoun CC: 98-005111-CL
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal from the July 9, 2002 decision of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall include among the issues to be briefed whether the "background circumstances" standard adopted in Allen v Comprehensive Health Services, 222 Mich. App. 426; 564 N.W.2d 914 (1997), is consistent with the Civil Rights Act, MCL 37.2101 et seq., and, if so, whether it is also consistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the Michigan Constitution, Const 1963, art 1, § 2 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Federal Constitution, Am XIV.