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WEMU
March 30, 2018
The Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether police officers illegally searched the backpack of a passenger in a stopped vehicle. The passenger says officers should ... Rick Pluta reports on the Michigan Supreme Court reviewing a case involving searches by police. Larry Mead was riding in a vehicleÃâà...
News/Talk 94.9 WSJM
March 30, 2018
The Michigan Supreme Court has weighed in on the Coloma gun range lawsuit, declining to overturn an appeals court ruling that suspended shooting at the range by the Berrien County Sheriff's Department. The legal fight between some Coloma-area businesses, Coloma Township, and Berrien CountyÃâà...
Michigan Radio
March 29, 2018
The Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether police officers illegally searched the backpack of a passenger in a stopped vehicle. The passenger says officers should have first asked his permission. Larry Mead was riding in a vehicle stopped for an expired plate. The driver gave permission for police toÃâà...
Bloomberg BNA
March 27, 2018
Michigan teachers can quit their unions anytime of the year after the Michigan Supreme Court refused to hear a series of appeals of right-to-work court victories. The high court issued a one-paragraph order March 23 dealing a blow to public unions and denying the appeal of 11 consolidated cases in whichÃâà...
Watchdog.org
March 20, 2018
The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments within the next few months about whether court costs ordered by local judges are an illegal tax against those who are convicted of crime. It comes at a time when the state legislature commissioned a group to study how courts could be funded.
MLive.com
March 20, 2018
LANSING, MI - A legal battle involving two Michigan school districts' efforts to ban weapons on school grounds is headed to the Michigan Supreme Court. The court has agreed to hear oral arguments in the cases involving gun rights groups versus Ann Arbor Public Schools and Clio Area School District.
The Oakland Press
March 14, 2018
DETROIT>> The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments about whether court costs ordered by local judges are an illegal tax against those convicted of crimes. It's a question worth tens of millions of dollars in courts up and down the state. Under Michigan law, anyone convicted of a crimeÃâà...
Detroit Free Press
March 13, 2018
The Michigan Supreme Court says it will hear arguments in the months ahead about whether court costs ordered by local judges are an illegal tax. The case comes at a critical time. A commission created by the state legislature is studying long-term ways to pay for local courts. Court costs are a key sourceÃâà...
Michigan Radio
March 12, 2018
The Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether ordering defendants to pay court costs violates the state constitution. Credit Michigan Supreme Court / court.mi.gov. The Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether it's legal for judges to order defendants to pay fees and court costs. One defendant isÃâà...
WXYZ
March 10, 2018
Michigan Supreme Court denies appeal in fatal porch shooting of Renisha McBride. 12:40 PM, Mar 10, 2018. 12:44 PM, Mar 10, 2018 ... (AP) - Michigan's Supreme Court has denied a Detroit-area man's request for a new trial in the 2013 fatal shooting of an unarmed woman on his porch. Michigan Supreme Court looking atÃâà...
WDIV ClickOnDetroit
March 6, 2018
LANSING - The Michigan Supreme Court is trying to sort out the legal significance of a woman's fall at a holiday party. The court is hearing arguments Tuesday in the case of Susan Blackwell, who missed an 8-inch (20.3-centimeter) step when she stepped into an unlit room at the Oakland County home of aÃâà...
Insurance Journal
December 31, 1999
A woman's fall at a holiday party has reached the Michigan Supreme Court, which could use the case to clarify the responsibilities of property owners when they welcome guests to their home. The court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of Susan Blackwell, who missed an 8-inch step when she steppedÃâà...
Claims Journal
December 31, 1999
A woman's fall at a holiday party has reached the Michigan Supreme Court, which could use the case to clarify the responsibilities of property owners when they welcome guests to their home. The court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of Susan Blackwell, who missed an 8-inch step when she steppedÃâà...
The Oakland Press
December 31, 1999
LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court is trying to sort out the legal significance of a woman's fall at a holiday party. The court is hearing arguments Tuesday in the case of Susan Blackwell, who missed an 8-inch step when she stepped into an unlit room at the Oakland County home of a co-workerÃâà...
Detroit Free Press
December 31, 1999
Michigan's Supreme Court has denied Theodore Wafer's request for a new trial in the 2013 fatal shooting unarmed Renisha McBride on his porch. The court said Friday that it would not review Wafer's argument that jurors should have been given instruction that said he shot McBride because her actionsÃâà...
Washington Examiner
December 31, 1999
Last week, Michigan's Supreme Court upheld an earlier lower court ruling establishing that any member of Michigan's teachers' unions can resign at any time. Unions will no longer be allowed to impose a a narrow window when resignations are allowed — a trick they had used to limit resignations as muchÃâà...
