Opinion
No. 139769.
May 7, 2010.
Court of Appeals No. 281007.
Leave to Appeal Granted.
The parties shall include among the issues to be briefed the effect, if any, on this case of Brydges v Emmendorfer, 311 Mich 274, 279 (1945) (holding that "[t]he statute of limitations does not control the question of laches in equitable actions") and Stokes v. Millen Roofing Co., 466 Mich 660, 671-672 (2002) (concluding that courts should not avoid the application of a statute under the guise of equity because a statutory penalty is excessively punitive or harsh).
The State Bar of Michigan Real Property Law Section, the Michigan Association of Mortgage Professionals, the Michigan Mortgage Lenders Association, the Michigan Association of Realtors, the Michigan Association of Community Bankers, the Michigan Bankers Association, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, the State Bar of Michigan Consumer Law Section, the University of Michigan Law School General Clinic, and the Michigan Association for Justice are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other persons or groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.