Horace Sheffield III v. Detroit City Clerk

Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
June 23, 2021 Bridget M. McCormack,
Chief Justice
163084-5 & (66)(67)(68) Brian K. Zahra
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Elizabeth T. Clement
Megan K. Cavanagh
HORACE SHEFFIELD, III, and RODRICK Elizabeth M. Welch,
HARBIN, Justices
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v SC: 163084
COA: 357298
Wayne CC: 21-006043-AW
DETROIT CITY CLERK and DETROIT
ELECTION COMMISSION,
Defendants,
and
DETROIT CHARTER REVISION
COMMISSION,
Intervening Defendant-
Appellant.
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ALLEN A. LEWIS and INGRID D. WHITE,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v SC: 163085
COA: 357299
Wayne CC: 21-006040-AW
DETROIT CITY CLERK and DETROIT
ELECTION COMMISSION,
Defendants,
and
DETROIT CHARTER REVISION
COMMISSION,
Intervening Defendant-
Appellant.
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By order of June 4, 2021, this Court granted immediate consideration and a stay of
the May 26, 2021 opinion and order of the Wayne Circuit Court granting mandamus. On
order of the Court, the motion to expedite and motion for immediate consideration are
GRANTED. The application for leave to appeal the June 3, 2021 judgment of the Court
of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on the application
for July 7, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. MCR 7.305(H)(1).
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The parties may file supplemental briefs by 5:00 p.m. on July 1, 2021. At oral
argument, and in any supplemental briefs, the parties shall address: (1) whether a proposed
revision of a city charter can be submitted to the voters without the Governor’s approval
of the revision, see MCL 117.22; and (2) the relevance, if any, of the amendment history
of MCL 117.22, see, in particular, 1909 PA 279 and 1913 PA 5. In supplemental briefs,
citations to the record must provide the appendix page numbers as required by MCR
7.312(B)(1).
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. Briefs amicus curiae shall
be filed by 5:00 p.m. on July 1, 2021.
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.
June 23, 2021
b0623
Clerk