Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan September 19, 2014 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice 148907 Michael F. Cavanagh Stephen J. Markman 148909 & (88) Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra AROMA WINES AND EQUIPMENT, INC., Bridget M. McCormack Plaintiff/ David F. Viviano, Counter-Defendant-Appellant, Justices v SC: 148907 COA: 311145 Kent CC: 09-011149-CK COLUMBIAN DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC., Defendant/ Counter-Plaintiff-Appellee. _________________________________________/ AROMA WINES AND EQUIPMENT, INC., Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant- Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v SC: 148909 COA: 311145 Kent CC: 09-011149-CK COLUMBIAN DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC., Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff- Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

_________________________________________/ On order of the Court, the applications for leave to appeal the December 17, 2013 judgment of the Court of Appeals and the application for leave to appeal as cross-appellant are considered. The applications for leave to appeal are GRANTED, limited to the issue of the proper interpretation of “converting property to the other person’s own use,” as used in MCL 600.2919a. The application for leave to appeal as cross-appellant remains pending.

Persons or groups interested in the determination of the issue presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae. Motions for permission to file briefs amicus curiae should be filed in Docket No. 148907 only.

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.

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