26-001002 Amended Petition.pdf

Walgreen Co Petitioner V Township Of Flint Respondent · 26-001002-TT

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STATE OF MICHIGAN 

 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

GOVERNOR 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

LANSING 

MARLON I. BROWN, DPA 

DIRECTOR 

 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL · 611 W. OTTAWA ST., LANSING, MI 48933 · 517-335-9760 

PO BOX 30232, LANSING, MI 48909 · Other Carriers: 2407 N. GRAND RIVER AVE., LANSING, MI 48906 

Walgreen Co, 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

 

Petitioner, 

SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION 

 

v 

 

MTT Docket No. 26-001002 

 

Flint Township, 

 

Presiding Judge 

Respondent. 

 

Patricia L. Halm 

 

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S MOTION TO AMEND PETITION 

 

ORDER UPDATING DOCKET 

 

On August 11, 2026, Petitioner filed a motion requesting that the Tribunal permit it to 

amend its petition. In the motion, Petitioner states that the original petition misidentified 

the correct Respondent. 

 

Respondent has not filed a response to the motion.1 

 

The Tribunal has considered the motion and the case file and finds that “a petition or 

answer may only be amended by leave of the tribunal.”2 Nevertheless, “[l]eave to 

amend must . . . be freely given when justice so requires . . . .”3 The Michigan Supreme 

Court has held that “a motion to amend should be granted unless one of the following 

particularized reasons exists: (1) undue delay, (2) bad faith or dilatory tactics, (3) 

repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendment previously allowed, (4) undue 

prejudice to the opposing party, or (5) futility.”4 No such reasons exist in this case, and 

the Tribunal is satisfied that granting Petitioner’s motion will facilitate the efficient 

administration of justice. Therefore, 

 

IT IS ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion to Amend Petition is GRANTED. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the docket shall be updated to reflect Flint Township 

as Respondent in this case. 

 

Entered: August 31, 2026 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Patricia L. Halm 

bw/gc 

 

 

1 The Tribunal shall process the order without waiting for the 21-day response because the Motion to 

Amend Petition was filed prior to the answer in this case. 

2 TTR 227(1). 

3 Id. 

4 Ford Motor Co v City of Woodhaven, 475 Mich 425, 447 (2006) (citation omitted).

MTT Docket No. 26-001002 

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PROOF OF SERVICE 

 

I certify that a copy of the foregoing was sent on the entry date indicated above to the 

parties or their attorneys or authorized representatives, if any, utilizing either the mailing 

or email addresses on file, as provided by those parties, attorneys, or authorized 

representatives. 

 

By: Tribunal Clerk

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