Order Michigan Supreme Court

Lansing, Michigan January 5, 2006 Clifford W. Taylor,

Chief Justice 127212 & (50)(53) Michael F. Cavanagh

Elizabeth A. Weaver

Marilyn Kelly

Maura D. Corrigan SHERRY COMBEN, ANTRIM Robert P. Young, Jr. COUNTY TREASURER, Stephen J. Markman,

Justices

Plaintiff-Appellee,

SC 127212 v CoA 248963

Antrim CC 02-007860-PS STATE OF MICHIGAN, and DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY,

Defendants-Appellants, and PURE RESOURCES, L.P., DOMINION RESERVES, INC., WOLVERINE GAS AND OIL COMPANY, INC., EUGENIE R. ANDERSON, STEPHEN WARD DEVINE, ELIZABETH PALMER DEVINE, MICHAEL EDMUND DEVINE, SUZANNE LEE DEVINE, WILLIAM W. DUNN, DAVID W. FAY, EDWIN R. FAY, PETER W. FAY, ROBERT A. FAY, ROSAMOND S. FISHER, FREDERICK T. GOLDING, NANCY HAMILTON, LISA MARRIOTT JONES, DAPHNE FAY LANDRY, GEORGE S. LEISURE, JR., PETER R. LEISURE, FLORA NINELLES, MARJORIE S. RICHARDSON, JAMES W. RILEY, JR., WILLIAM A. RILEY, BARBARA F. ROSENBERG, ELIZABETH, R. P. SHAW, ANN WARD SPAETH, FREDERICK S. STRONG, III, A. W. ROBERT, STRONG REVOCABLE TRUST, and EUGENIE S. KAUFFMAN,

Defendants-Appellees. ________________________________________________

On order of the Chief Justice, the motion by the State Bar of Michigan for extension of the time for filing its brief amicus curiae is considered, and it is GRANTED.

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.

January 5, 2006 _________________________________________

Clerk