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Jerome Dubrulle v. Great Lakes Water Authority

Supreme Court of Michigan

Jul 17, 2026

Judgment

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Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

Megan K. Cavanagh, Chief Justice Brian K. Zahra Richard H. Bernstein Elizabeth M. Welch Kyra H. Bolden Kimberly A. Thomas Noah P. Hood,

Justices

Order

July 17, 2026 169268-76 & (129)(130)

SC: 169268

COA: 365363

Wayne CC: 21-014057-NZ

JEROME DUBRULLE, JENNIFER DUBRULLE,

EDWARD KERFOOT, ELLEN KERFOOT,

NICOLE NORRIS, MATTHEW NORRIS,

CHADY HAURANI, MONA HAURANI,

MARCY TAYLER, ABBY PAULSON,

ANDREW HASTINGS, MARGUERITE KAISER,

ROBERT KAISER, MOLLY MCCLANAGHAN,

RYAN MORRIS, PATRICK SHANLEY, KELLY

SHANLEY, RHONDA FENDERSON, SARAH

FELDMAN, JOSHUA TUCKER, DANIELLE

TUCKER, and JON MARKO,

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY,

Defendant-Appellant, and

CITY OF GROSSE POINTE FARMS and

CITY OF HARPER WOODS,

Defendants/Cross-Appellants, and

CITY OF DETROIT, CITY OF GROSSE POINTE

PARK, CITY OF GROSSE POINTE, CITY OF

GROSSE POINTE WOODS, CITY OF GROSSE

POINTE SHORES, and SOUTHEAST MACOMB

SANITARY DISTRICT,

Defendants.

SC: 169269

COA: 367529

Wayne CC: 21-014161-CZ

JOSEPH ACHTABOWSKI, KEITH ADOLPH,

WENDELINE ADOLPH, MOLLIE ALDRIDGE,

AKEEM ALEBIOSU, ADEL ALI, ANGELA

ALLEN, DONALD ALVIN, WANDA

APPLETON, MARTHA AUSTIN, TEREDIA

AUSTIN, DONNA BADON, SUE BAKER,

CRAIG BALOW, ANNA BALOW, LIONEL

BANKS, CAROL BANKS, DANNIE BANKS,

RAYMOND BAUER, GAIL BEASLEY, DONNA

BELL, MARIA BELTRAN, CHRISTINA BIBB,

RITA BLONDELL, WENDY BOOKER, WANDA

BOWEN-DIXON, GABRIELLE BRADFORD,

DONA BROWN, JIMMIE BROXTON, JUANA

BROXTON, SHAWN BRYANT, WESLEY

BURNS, PAMELA BURNS, ROY CALDWELL,

CYNTHIA CALDWELL, CHESTE CALKA,

DIANE CALLIWAY, LATISHA CALLOWAY,

JACINDA CASON, ADRIANNE CHAMBLIS,

BARBARA CHARLESTON, WILMA CLARK-

PRICE, ASHA CLAY, KIM COUCHOT,

BERNIDINE CRAGWAY, ERICA

CROSSLAND, COREY DAVID, ALEXIS

DAVIS, CRAIG DAVIS, JULIA DAVIS,

WYANNA DAVIS, KATRINA DAVIS,

DARLENE DONALDSON, JAMES

DONOVAN, CHANRAE DOUGLAS, ERIC

DRAKE, MARGARET DUTKA, THERESA

ELLIOTT, INDIA ESKRIDGE, GERALD

FARBER, KIMBERLY FARLEY, JUSTIN

FENWICK, ATHENA FIZER, BRANDON

FOSTER, WANDA FOX, ANTHONY

FRAILS, CRYSTAL FRAILS, ALANA

FRANKLIN, KAWANA FRENCH, ORLANDO

GARCIA, SANDRA GARY, MICHELLE

GEORGE, RITA GIBSON, GERALD

GOODWIN, VALERIA GOODWIN, KEN

GRAY, LORI GRAY, MARY GRAY,

MARILYN GREEN, WILLA GREEN-SMITH,

CLIMMET GRIMES, ELIZABETH GUIDO,

DENISE HAMILTON, KAITLYN HARBOUR,

JOWANNA HARDISON-WILLIAMS, LARRY

HARPER, KEYANA HARPER, REAHNA

HARVILLE, CHRISTANNA HEMMINGWAY,

GERALD HOUSTON, MARY HOUSTON,

GENEVA HUMPHREY, ROLAND HUMPHRIES,

DIANE HUMPHRIES, SENOJ HUNTER, LANCE

JACKSON, DONNA JEMISON, DEBORAH

JENKINS, ROBERT JOHNSON, EDWARD

JOHNSON, ANNETTE JOHNSON, CLYDE

JONES, ESTHER JONES, JANE KAMINSKI,

ANDREW KEISWETTER, BRIDGET KINARD,

THERESA KNOTT, JEFF KURCZYNSKI,

CHERYL LABON, LISA LANE, MADISON

LANE, DESERAI LAWSON, AUGUSTINE

LEWIS, RHONDA LEWIS WILEY, GENEVA

LOCKETT, SHIRLEY LOCKETT, JERRY

LOPEZ, RACHELLE LOYD, FRED LUCAS,

DEVAUGHN LYNCH, GLADYNE LYNCH,

DAWN MARTIN, CARMEN MAURY,

JUDITH MCCLINCHEY, HARRY MCCLURE,

ALANDA MCLAUGHLIN, BARBARA

MCMULLEN, BRENDA MCNEARY, CARLYN

MILES, JACQUELINE MILLER, GERALDINE

MILTON, ROBERT MOORE, ERIK

MOTSCHALL, ELGIN MURPHY, LASHONNA

MURPHY, ROBERT NEDWICKI, JERRY NEHR,

GREGORY NEWELL, LACHONDA NEWELL,

BERTHA NEWSOME, PATRICIA NOCELLA,

AMY OTTERSEN, GREG PAPASTERGION,

DEWAYNE PARKER, KRYSTAL PARKER,

EARL PARKER, JR., MARY PARKS,

EUGENE PAYNE, JR., JERRY PEOPLES,

BEVERLY PEOPLES, JEROME PETTIS,

SYLVIA PETTWAY, KAREN POPE,

BERNADETTE RAYFORD, LEE REED-PRATT,

CHRISTIE REEVES, TERRANCE RHODES,

MARCIA RICE, JAMES RICHERT, ROBERTA

RILEY JONES, SHANETTA ROBERTS, JOYCE

ROBINSON, LORETTA RODGERS, RICHARD

RYKALA, FREDERICK RYKALA, LINDA

SANDERS, MARGERY SHAW, KAREN SHAW,

GWENDOLYN SIMMONS, ROBERT SISLER,

THARSI SIVARAJAH, DOROTHY SMITH,

DEBRA SNIPES, ILYA SNYDER, ERIN

SPENCER, GEORGE STANTON, MARQUITTA

STANTON, ROSCOE STEVENSON,

KATHLEEN STEVENSON, TAIRA

STEVENSON, DAVID SUTTNER, TERRY

SWAFFORD, LANEIL SYKES, DEMARCO

TAYLOR, KEIP TAYLOR, LATRICE

TAYLOR, ELOREEN THAME-SMOTHERS,

RHONDA THEUS, DEBORAH THOMAS,

DEMETRIUS THOMAS, COURTLAND

TOLBERT, ROXANNE TURNER, THOMAS

VALASTEK, KIERRA WALKER, JOANNE

WARWICK, JERLANDA WASHINGTON,

STEVEN WASKO, DEANNA WATTS,

EUGENE WHITE, CHARLES WHITE,

GERALDINE WHITE-SIDE, RYAN WILDE,

EMERY WILLIAMS, CHARLES WILLIAMS,

JOSEPHINE WILLIAMS, MARY WINDHAM,

KATREENA YATES, KEIARA YOUNGER,

MARY LYNN ZAREMBSKI-COLE, KENNETH

GRAY, LORI TAYLOR GRAY, BRANDY

EDMONDS, WILLIAM FRANKLIN,

FLORENCE JOHNSON FRANKLIN, SHAWN

HENDRICKS, REGINA STERRETT-

HENDRICKS, THERESA YANCY, LEDTHA

WYNN, KIMBERLY BROWN, ASHLEY FOX,

and DEBORAH GIBSON,

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

and

HULYA EROL-GARVETT,

Plaintiff,

GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY,

Defendant-Appellant, and

JOHN DOES 1-10, DETROIT WATER & SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT, and CITY OF

DETROIT,

Defendants.

SC: 169270

COA: 367530

Wayne CC: 21-008745-CZ

SHANNON ADAMS, GLENN BELCHER,

ARLETTE CALLAWAY, CHARLES

CHAPPELL, CYNTHIA CHAPPELL, KAREN

EAGLE, FLORENCE FRANKLIN, WILLIAM

FRANKLIN, PAULINE GEORDON, WILLIE

GEORDON, FORTUNATA GUTIERREZ,

MATHEW JOHNSTON, MARZETTA JONES,

KIYA KRIVICKAS, KANESHIA SMITH, DORIS

TORRES, NEARLINE WILLIS, JOREL WILSON,

and SHELLARY WILSON,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY,

Defendant-Appellant, and

CITY OF DETROIT, DETROIT WATER & SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT, and JOHN DOES 1-10,

Defendants.

SC: 169271

COA: 367531

Wayne CC: 21-013480-CZ

ANDREA ANDRZEJCZAK, JOEL ARMITAGE,

AMANDA ARMITAGE, ALPHONSO AVILA,

JR., ROBERT BACHTEAL, LYNDA

BACHTEAL, GAYLA BATTS, STEPHEN

BENARD, JENNIFER BLANZY, NICOLE

CADIEUX, TODD CAMPBELL, JILL

CAMPBELL, HOWARD CARL, ROBIN CARL,

ROBERT CARR, JEFFREY CHILTON, JOE

CHOMA, ROBERT CHOWN, JILL CHOWN,

DAVE CHUDY, JENNIFER CHUDY, SAMUEL

CHURIKAN, TERRANCE CIROCCO, MARY

CIROCCO, CHRIS COTZIAS, CHARLES

CRANE, WILLIAM CRAWFORD, AUBREY

CRAWFORD, JENNIFER CRAWLEY, JOHN

CRISSMAN, MARIA CSERHALMI, STANLEY

DANIELUK, DENNIS DEHN, MICHAEL

DEMPSEY, SUSAN DEMPSEY, MARK

DERMANULIAN, DAWN DERMANULIAN,

CHRIS D'HONDT, NANCY D'HONDT,

ELAINE DUPUE, MICHAEL EISENLOHR,

LINDSAY EISENLOHR, BRAD ETHERIDGE,

RICHARD ETHERIDGE, CYNTHIA

ETHERIDGE, MIKE FANNON, SARA

FISCHER, CHAD FISHER, MARGRET

FISHER, CHARLES FISHER, MICHELLE

FISHER, CHARLES A. FISHER, JAMES

FLANNERY, JOSEPH FRANCIS, KELLY

ANN FRANCIS, JEFFERY GRAHAM,

SUSAN GRAHAM, ANTHONY GRIFFIN,

SUSAN GRIFFIN, JAY HACKLEMAN,

CAROL HACKLEMAN, NOAH HALL,

TAYLOR HANSEN, RENEE HANSEN, CHRIS

HARRISON, MICHELLE HARRISON, BOB

HEIMBUCH, CHAD HEPNER, KIMBERLY

HEPNER, BRANDON HESS, CHERYL HESS,

JOHN HESSBURG, T.J. HESSBURG, ERIC

HILLIARD, WILLIAM HORNER, MARK

HUGHES, DARIUS HUMMEL, RUTH

HUMMEL, ELIZABETH HURFORD, ALBERT

IAFRATE, SABINE IAFRATE, EVELYN

INEMPOLIDIS, MARSHALL IRBY, ANN IRBY,

ANDREW JARVIS, LECITIA JONES, TIMOTHY

JORDAN, SAMANTHA JORDAN, KATELYN

JURCAK, MARY ELLEN KAISER, MARY

KAROLAK, JAYNE KASUBA,

CAROL KERN, KENNETH KOREJWO,

MICHAEL KOZAK, CHRISTINA KOZAK,

DAVID LANDUYT, HELEN LANDUYT,

PAMELA LEBLANC, RODERIC LORENZO,

LIZANNE G. MACGILLIS, MARTHA

MACKINNON, LAREEN MANLEY, JULIANNE

MARSHALL, MOLLY MCDERMOTT, MARTIN

D. MCMILLAN, DONNA MCMILLAN,

WILLIAM A. MESTDAGH, ANN METRY,

NARAYANA MEYER, LAURA MEYER, ERIC

MITCHELL, LAURIE MITCHELL, JOE MONTE,

AUSTIN MOORE, JOHN MORAN, KATHRYN

MORAN, DAVID MOSS, BARAKET

MOUAWAD, SARAH MOUWAD, RONNY

MUAWAD, JENNIFER MUNSON, JEFF

NYENHUIS, KIM NYENHUIS, KENNETH

NYENHUIS, BEVERLY NYENHUIS, LAURA

S. ORME, PANO PAPALEKAS, HELEN

PAPALEKAS, ALEX PARKER, JOHN PECK,

DORIS PERRY, KOULA PERVANIS, LARRY

D. PETERSON, JEANNE A. PETERSON,

CHERYL PICCONE, STEVEN PICCONE,

CHRIS QUINN, EBONI QUINN, NANCY

RADE, TOM RICHTER, JILL RICHTER, BILL

ROCHE, ROBERT ROGERS, THOMAS

RUBENS, KATHLEEN RUBENS, GERARD

SCHILLING, JULIE SCHILLING, JAMES

SCHMIDT, JO MARIE SHARBA SCHMIDT,

PHILIP SHALHOUB, MICHELLE

SHALHOUB, BRIAN SHARP, SARAH SHARP,

GREG SHARROW, MARNE SHARROW, BASIL

SIMON, JOHN SMOLINSKI, JOSEPH

SOLOMON, BLERTA SPIRO, SUSAN

STANLEY, SHERILYN RUSSELL and MARTIN STEIGER, Trustees of the STEIGER

REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST, IAN

STUDDERS, DEL SZURA, ROBERT TICKNOR,

PATRICE TICKNOR, ELVIS TORRES, EMMA

TORRES, LESLIE TRUDEL, ARIF ULKU,

HEATHER ULKU, JOHN VAN OSDAL, AMY

VAN OSDAL, JEROME VANSLEMBROUCK,

DENISE VANSLEMBROUCK, JAMES VOGT,

GRIFFIN WAGNER, ELIZABETH WANG,

JOHN WHEELER, SAMANTHA WITTSTOCK,

ANN YEAMANS, TIM YINGER, MICHELE

YINGER, APRIL LEHMAN, JOEL VALDEZ,

JAMES SANDERCOTT, DEBBIE TAYLOR,

ROBERT JENDRUSINA, ELLEN DEVINE,

FRANCIS ORTIZ, CHERYL GATES, and MICHAEL STONE-RICHARDS, Plaintiffs-Appellees,

GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY,

Defendant-Appellant, and

JOHN DOES 1-10, DETROIT WATER &

SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF

DETROIT, and CITY OF GROSSE POINTE

PARK,

Defendants.

SC: 169272

COA: 367532

Wayne CC: 21-013987-CZ

TIMOTHY BRADY, MICHELLE BRADY, JEFF

AUSTIN, PAMELA BUTLER, JOHN CARTER,

NORMA CERVOLO, ERIN COLPAERT,

WILLIAM CONWAY, CHRIS COTZIAS, BRIAN

CRANE, CAREY CRANE, HARRY CRANE,

JENNIFER CRANE, JOHN DOERER, DAVID

FOY, THOMAS GIANCARLO, KATHLEEN

GIANCARLO, MARYBETH HALL, ERIK

HARMS, NICOLE HARMS, MATTHEW

HINDELANG, DAVID HUME, KATHRYN

HUME, TODD IFKOVITZ, KRISTEN

IFKOVITZ, DAN MAIDLOW, LARRY

MANN, META MARTINEZ, JAMES

MATTHEWS, JULIE MATTHEWS, JOHN

PAPAS, LISA PAPAS, CHARLES PARRENT,

JOHN PECK, PATRICIA REED, GIB RIST,

BRIDGETTE RIST, CHRISTOPHER SHEEREN,

JULIE SHEEREN, JAMES STOLAKIS, LARRY

STONE, ROBERT THIEL, PETER TORRICE,

ANGELENA TORRICE, DOUG TURNBULL,

JANINE TURNBULL, SARAH URBANI,

WESLEY VANDERBRINK, MARINA

VANDERBRINK, WALTER WALKER,

KAREN WALKER, JOHN WHEELER,

DAVID WILSON, and SUSAN WILSON, Plaintiffs-Appellees,

GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY,

Defendant-Appellant, and

JOHN DOES 1-10, DETROIT WATER &

SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF

DETROIT, and CITY OF GROSSE POINTE, Defendants.

SC: 169273

COA: 367534

Wayne CC: 21-013979-CZ

THOMAS BEARSE, SALLIE BEARSE,

ELIZABETH BOJALAD, MEGAN BROWN,

ROBBIE CRANDALL, JR., WILLIAM

EDWARDS, REBECCA EDWARDS,

JACQUELINE GABBANA-JAN, KENNETH GEHLERT, SHANTERILL GRIFFIN-

MCMILLAN, KELLY KLEINER, PERRY

KNIGHT, TOM LAYMAN, DENISE MATTHEWS,

DAVID MAXWELL, ESTHER MAXWELL,

COURTNEY MCRILL, HELENA PEREZ,

DANIELLE RYAN, SUSAN SALHANEY, NABIL

SHURAFA, STEVEN SILVA, DAVID TESTA,

JIM VICTOR, and MARTHA VICTOR, Plaintiffs-Appellees,

GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY,

Defendant-Appellant, and

CITY OF GROSSE POINTE FARMS,

Defendant/Cross-Appellant, and

DETROIT WATER & SEWERAGE, CITY OF DETROIT, and JOHN DOES 1-10, Defendants.

SC: 169274

COA: 367535

Wayne CC: 21-008465-CZ

DOUGLAS BULKA, AMANDA BE, KHENG

BE, JAMES BELLAMY, MELISSA BELLAMY,

HAYLEY BONAFEDE, MARCOS BONAFEDE,

LAURA BULKA, MARCY CHANTEAUX,

ARON ELLIS, KRISTY ELLIS, JESSE FORD,

MEGAN FORD, ERIC FRAKES, KAREN

FRAKES, BETTYE P. MOORE, ROBERT S.

MOORE, BARBARA PARKER, and KELLY

VERGAUWEN,

Plaintiffs-Appellees, v

GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY,

Defendant-Appellant, and

CITY OF DETROIT, DETROIT WATER &

SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF

GROSSE POINTE PARK, and JOHN DOES 1-10,

Defendants.

SC: 169275

COA: 367536

Wayne CC: 21-009030-CZ

MARLETTE LANELL, LINDA ASMUS,

ROBERT ASMUS, ALICE BLACKMORE,

ANNA BOUMA, KATIE CARETTI, DAVID

CHUDY, JENNIFER CHUDY, BRADLEY

ETHERIDGE, JOAN FERRARA, RACHELE

KELLER, PETER LACOMBE, BRIAN

MCKENNA, DEREK MULLER, BRIDGET

O'SHEA, JOHN O'SHEA, ALICE ODDO,

WILLIAM ODDO, HOLLY RYAN, SHAWN

RYAN, CHARLES SMITH, KATHLEEN

STARR, ANDREW TRIPLETT, DANIEL

WEBSTER, and DANIEL WILK, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v

GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY,

Defendant-Appellant, and

CITY OF DETROIT, DETROIT WATER &

SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF

GROSSE POINTE PARK, and JOHN DOES 1-10, Defendants.

SC: 169276

COA: 367538

Wayne CC: 22-003449-CZ

CHAS VERHEYDEN, INC., ALTELIER INC.,

doing business as CHEZ LOULOU, ALTER

DEVELOPMENT, LLC, HALEY BONAFEDE,

MARCOS BONAFEDE, BRIAN EVANS

TRANSMISSION, INC., JENNIFER CRAWLEY,

THOMAS DOW, BRANDY EDMONDS, JESSE

FORD, MEGAN FORD, KENNETH GRAY,

JOHN HAEDRICH, SARA HOEFLER,

KENNETH KOREJWO, MARYLAND

INVESTMENT GROUP, MB SALON, LLC,

WILLIAM MESTDAGH, LAURA MEYER,

NARAYANA MEYER, MR. ME APPLIANCE,

ROBERT NEDWICKI, OPEN DOORS

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, AMY

OTTERSEN, JOHN PECK, PRESENT TENSE

HOLDINGS, LLC, ROBERTA RILEY-JONES,

RMB PROPERTY, LLC, JOYCE ROBINSON,

JEREMY SINGER, THARSI SIVARAJAH,

SPROUT HOUSE NATURAL MARKET,

MICHAEL STONE-RICHARDS, JENNIFER SWANSON, LORI TAYLOR-GRAY, TIERRA

ESTE LLC, TRENTON PROPERTIES, LLC,

TRIPLE J APARTMENTS, LLC, ARIF ULKA,

HEATHER ULKA, JOHN WHEELER,

CHARLES WHITE, RYAN WILDE, MICHELE

YINGER, and TIM YINGER,

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY,

Defendant-Appellant, and

I, Elizabeth Kingston-Miller, 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. July 17, 2026

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Clerk CITY OF DETROIT, DETROIT WATER &

SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF

GROSSE POINTE, CITY OF GROSSE POINTE

PARK, and JOHN DOES 1-10, Defendants.

On order of the Court, the motions to apply for leave to appeal as cross-appellants are GRANTED. The application for leave to appeal the January 22, 2026 judgment of the Court of Appeals and the applications for leave to appeal as cross-appellants are considered, and they are DENIED, because we are not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.