Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

December 27, 2005 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice

Michael F. Cavanagh 128733-4 Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman, THOMAS M. SHOAFF, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee, v SC: 128733-4 COA: 248606, 248609 Ingham CC: 99-090282-CZ GARY D. BALDWIN, former Personal

Representative of the Estate of Duane V.

Baldwin; MARY JO BALDWIN, former

Co-Trustee of the Duane V. Baldwin Trust,

JACOBS MANAGEMENT, L.L.C., FFM CO.,

INC., DGM CORP., AGRICON, INC.,

STOCKBRIDGE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP #1;

STOCKBRIDGE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP #2;

STOCKBRIDGE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP #3;

STOCKBRIDGE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP #4;

and STOCKBRIDGE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP #5,

Defendants-Cross-

Plaintiffs-Counter Plaintiffs,

and THOMAS E. WOODS, as successor Personal

Representative of the Estate of Duane V. Baldwin

and as successor Trustee of the Duane V. Baldwin

Trust,

Defendants-Appellants,

and

BALDWIN SOD FARMS and MARK BALDWIN,

Cross-Defendants.

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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the February 3, 2005 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is DENIED, because we are not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.

I, Corbin R. Davis, 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. December 27, 2005 _________________________________________ d1219 Clerk