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Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan 48909 ____________________________________________________________________________________________
C hief Justice Justices

Maura D. Cor rigan

Opinion
GENESEE COUNTY FRIEND OF THE
COURT,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION,
Respondent-Appellant.
________________________________ GENESEE COUNTY FRIEND OF THE
COURT,
Petitioner-Appellant,
v GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION,
Respondent-Appellee.
________________________________ PER CURIAM


Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Clifford W. Taylor Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman

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FILED MAY 15, 2001


No. 115856


No. 115862


The issue in this case is whether certain categories of
payments made by General Motors to its employees constitute
"earnings" within the meaning of the federal Consumer Credit


Protection Act (CCPA).

15 USC 1672(a).

If so, they are


subject to a limitation on the amount that may be captured by
income withholding orders under the Support and Parenting Time
Enforcement Act.1 The lower courts have held that two types


of payments, profit-sharing payments and "recognition awards,"
were not earnings under

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