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Argued. For petitioner: Philip L. Ellison, Hemlock, Mich. For United States, as amicus curiae: Frederick Liu, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Matthew T. Nelson, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Reply of petitioner Michael Pung filed. (Distributed)
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
CIRCULATED
Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of National Tax Lien Association filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Counties Association filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Michigan, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of New York Association of Towns, et al. filed. (Corrected) (Distributed)
Amicus brief of New York Association of Towns not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - January 21, 2026)
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Brief amici curiae of Michigan Association of Counties, et al. filed.
Amicus brief of Oakland County not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - January 15, 2026)
Brief amicus curiae of Oakland County, Michigan filed. (Corrected)
Brief of respondent Isabella County, Michigan filed.
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
Brief amici curiae of Cyrus Sanai, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of AARP, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed.
Brief amicus curiae of The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation filed.
Brief amici curiae of The Buckeye Institute, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Maryland Legal Aid, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
Brief amicus curiae of National Taxpayers Union Foundation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Brief amici curiae of New Disabled South, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.
Brief amici curiae of National Association of Realtors®, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Legal Services of New Jersey filed.
Amici brief of Citizen Action Defense Fund, et al. not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - December 11, 2025)
Brief amici curiae of Citizen Action Defense Fund, et al. filed. (Corrected)
Brief amicus curiae of National Consumer Law Center filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Pioneer New England Legal Foundation filed.
Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Beth A. Colgan filed.
Joint appendix filed.
Brief of petitioner Michael Pung filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Joseph Donald Bourgeois filed.
Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 1, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 12, 2026.
Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Motion for an extension of time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits submitted.
Petition GRANTED.
Reply of petitioner Michael Pung filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondent Isabella County, Michigan in opposition filed.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 25, 2025)
Application (24A1102) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until July 25, 2025.
Application (24A1102) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 27, 2025 to July 25, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Michael Pung, Petitioner, represented by Philip Lee Ellison
County of Isabella, Michigan, Respondent, represented by Matthew T. Nelson
County of Isabella, Michigan, Respondent, represented by Douglas James Curlew
AARP and AARP Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ali Naini
Amici States Michigan, Colorado, Hawai’i, Illinois, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and District of Columbia, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ann Maurine Sherman
Beth A. Colgan, Amicus Curiae, represented by Beth A. Colgan
Cato Institute, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Ilya Somin
Cato Institute, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel Robert Suhr
Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Patrick Elwood
Citizen Action Defense Fund, Manhattan Institute, Reason Foundation, and Oregon Property Owners Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sam Spiegelman
Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod
Cyrus Sanai and Peyman Roshan, Amicus Curiae, represented by Frances L. Diaz
Hennepin County, Minnesota and The Minnesota County Attorneys Association (MCAA), Amicus Curiae, represented by Rebecca Lee Stark Holschuh
Institute for Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Samuel Bracken Gedge
Joseph Donald Bourgeois, Amicus Curiae, represented by Aram Avedis Gavoor
Legal Services of New Jersey, Amicus Curiae, represented by Maryann Patrice Flanigan Sutherland
Maryland Legal Aid and Mountain State Justice, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lee H. Ogburn
Michigan Association of Counties, Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Townships Association, and Michigan Association of County Treasurers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Theodore Wilson Seitz
Michigan Association of Counties, Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Townships Association, and Michigan Association of County Treasurers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Meaghan Elizabeth McLaine VerGow
National Association of Realtors®, Michigan realtors®, Wisconsin Realtors® Association, and American Property Owners Alliance, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gerald Brinton Lucas
National Consumer Law Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Rao
National Tax Lien Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew Scott Kazin
National Taxpayers Union Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Tyler Leandro Martinez
New Disabled South and Emory Law School Disabled Law Students Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul Robert Koster
New York Association of Towns, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kathleen Nicole Hodgdon
Oakland County, Amicus Curiae, represented by William H. Horton
Pioneer New England Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Frank Joseph Bailey
The Buckeye Institute, National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc., Competitive Enterprise Institute, Mountain States Legal, Illinois Policy Institute, and Owners’ Counsel of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Randall Carson
The Local Government Legal Center, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, International Municipal Lawyers Association, Government Finance Officers Association, and International City/County Management Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Meaghan Elizabeth McLaine VerGow
The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Derk Arend Wilcox
The Wisconsin Counties Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew Jeffrey Thome
United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer