Nos. 140637, 140638, 140639 and 140640.Supreme Court of Michigan.
June 10, 2010.
reported below: 286 Mich App 359.
Leave to Appeal Denied.
MARKMAN, J. (dissenting).
I would grant leave to appeal to address the following questions: (1) whether the Due Process Clause of Const 1963, art 1, § 17 says anything different concerning the constitutionality of retroactive application of state tax laws than does Article v of the United States Constitution; and (2) whether it is relevant in enacting retroactive tax laws that the Legislature asserting that such laws are “curative,” and intended to express the “original intent of the Legislature,” is not the Legislature that enacted the laws in question but a subsequent Legislature. I would direct that this case be argued and submitted together with Ford v Dep’t of Treasury, No. 140624.