Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan April 19, 2006 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice Michael F. Cavanagh 128878(176)(180) Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman, 46TH CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, Justices Plaintiff, Counter-Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v SC: 128878 COA: 254179 Crawford CC: 02-005951-CZ COUNTY OF CRAWFORD and CRAWFORD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Defendants, Counter-Plaintiffs, Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, and COUNTY OF KALKASKA, Intervening Defendant, Counter-Plaintiff, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, and COUNTY OF OTSEGO, Third-Party Defendant.

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On order of the Court, the motion to file reply brief exceeding the page limit is DENIED. Kalkaska and Crawford Counties may file a reply brief conforming to the 10- page limit by April 26, 2006. The motion to strike is DENIED as moot, but appellants are cautioned against submitting documents that are not part of the record below in future submissions made in connection with this appeal.

WEAVER, J., would grant the motion to file reply brief exceeding the page limit and the motion to strike.

KELLY, J., would grant the motion to file reply brief exceeding the page limit.

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.

April 19, 2006 _________________________________________ d0419 Clerk