Opinion
SC: 163664 COA: 355063
06-23-2023
Yaser SAIDIZAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GOJET AIRLINES, LLC, and William Clay, Defendants-Appellees.
Order
By order of May 6, 2022, the application for leave to appeal the September 23, 2021 judgment of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in McMillon v City of Kalamazoo . On order of the Court, the case having been decided on ––– Mich ––––, 983 N.W.2d 79 (2023), the application is again considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on the application. MCR 7.305(H)(1). The parties shall file supplemental briefs in accordance with MCR 7.312(E), addressing whether discrimination claims under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, MCL 37.2101 et seq , may be subjected to mandatory arbitration as a condition of employment under Michigan law. Cf Rembert v Ryan's Family Steak Houses, Inc , 235 Mich App 118, 596 N.W.2d 208 (1999), with Heurtebise v Reliable Business Computers , 452 Mich. 405, 550 N.W.2d 243 (1996).
We further direct the Clerk to schedule the oral argument in this case for the same future session of the Court when it will hear oral argument in Adilovic v Monroe LLC (Docket No. 164750) and Rayford v American House Roseville 1 LLC (Docket No. 163989).
The Business Law and Labor and Employment Law Sections of the State Bar of Michigan, the Michigan Association for Justice, the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, and the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc., are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other 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.