SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

On appeal, Davenport argued that his conviction should be reversed because of this constitutional violation, but the Michigan appellate courts determined that the error was harmless. The Michigan trial and intermediate appellate courts relied on this latter testimony to hold that the error was harmless.

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Law 360

MARCH 27, 2025

A Michigan packaging company's tax exemption appeal was properly dismissed by the state Tax Tribunal over a lack of jurisdiction, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled, overturning an appellate court decision.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Share The Supreme Court heard oral argument Tuesday in Brown v. Davenport to consider whether a Michigan prisoner, whose constitutional right to a fair trial was violated when he was visibly shackled before the jury, is entitled to habeas corpus relief. That would make the resulting state court decision unreasonable under AEDPA.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 3, 2022

Bollinger , holding that the University of Michigan could consider race in its undergraduate admissions process as part of its efforts to obtain a diverse student body. 31): Whether to overrule the court’s 2003 decision in Grutter v. Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (Oct. Hendrix (Nov.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2025

As is frequently the case when the court denies review in cases that have been relisted repeatedly, denial occasioned dissent, this time from Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch. Relisted after the Feb. 28 and Mar. 7 conferences.) Relisted after the Feb. 28 and Mar. 7 conferences.)

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2022

The answer to that question turned on the relationship between a Supreme Court decision and a congressional statute. Additionally, the majority noted, the legal materials that a court may consult when addressing the two inquiries are distinct: AEDPA requires the court to focus on U.S. In Brecht v.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 23, 2022

Half of all incarcerated people serving LWOP are located in one of five states included in the review: California, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Report authors highlighted a recent Supreme Court decision in Canada. Florida has the highest count of incarcerated people serving life without parole sentences.

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Law 360

JANUARY 25, 2024

it wouldn't reverse a Michigan federal court's decision "willy-nilly" at oral arguments Thursday, when the firm sought to prevent partial reimbursement for underlying stock valuation litigation while its insurer continued to fight for total payback. A Sixth Circuit panel told investment firm Stout Risius Ross Inc.

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Law 360

MAY 3, 2022

The Seventh Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision to toss a suit from childcare centers in Illinois and Michigan seeking insurance coverage for claims related to closures caused by COVID-19, ruling Tuesday that they did not allege "direct physical loss of or damage to" property, as required under their policies.

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Intelligize Blog

JUNE 18, 2024

The stock market killed it first, but now the SEC has picked up a shovel and buried SPACs for good,” pronounced the Michigan Journal of Economics. SPACs also got some good news recently courtesy of a Delaware Chancery Court decision dismissing claims challenging “de-SPAC” merger disclosures.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 29, 2022

‘Medical Climate’ While the Supreme Court decision is not expected for another few months, many physicians and legal advocacy groups warn that if the justices rule in such a way that creates a “medical climate” where doctors fear incarceration for prescribing appropriate pain treatment. “If

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The Crime Report

MARCH 28, 2022

Public officials in Maine, Maryland, Michigan and California have already proposed or passed measures to curb what they say is a rise in targeted harassment related to demonstrations against public vaccination efforts and pandemic rules, reports the Wall Street Journal. limiting hours for protests aimed at a particular home.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 18, 2023

Facts of the Case Petitioner Miguel Luna Perez (Perez), who is deaf, attended schools in Michigan’s Sturgis Public School District (Sturgis) from ages 9 through 20. They claimed that Sturgis supplied Perez with unqualified interpreters and misrepresented his educational progress.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

He once hosted a former student from Florida at his lakeside vacation house in Michigan, where he claimed on his Facebook page that they “solved a murder.” A police chief in Michigan said Harpster’s class paid off immediately after a man called 911 and said he had just found his mother and sister dead. “He He did it!!”.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In the Grutter , the Court held that the University of Michigan Law School’s race-sensitive admissions program was narrowly tailored because the consideration of race was merely one factor in the decision-making process and individualized consideration was given to each applicant. Bollinger , 539 U.S.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 10, 2024

In 2014, Freed updated his Facebook page to reflect his position as city manager of Port Huron, Michigan. He eventually converted his profile to a public “page,” which allowed anyone to see and comment on his posts.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 17, 2023

This means that the federal courts are free to adopt their own view of whether a clause is unreasonable or contrary to public policy without considering prior state court decisions. In theory, the fact that the federal courts apply federal common law to this question should produce uniform results across the nation.

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Michigan Supreme Court said Thursday voters can decide whether to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution, rejecting a challenge that a…

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In the wake of the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Vermont will also serve as a beacon of hope for women across the country who feared their fundamental right to abortion was lost forever due to a conservative Supreme Court. Jackson overruling Roe v. The final vote was 211,157 in favor of adoption and 63,995 against.

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Patently O

MARCH 24, 2022

Editors note – I invited Professor Nina Mendelson (University of Michigan Law School) to author a guest post after reading her 2020 Admin. Hirshfeld has the legal power to fulfill the expanded job as required by the Supreme Court’s decision. The leading Supreme Court decision, United States v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The justices would occasionally grant cert before judgment in less significant cases that were companions to “ordinary” cert petitions raising similar issues, but even then, the court would often go years in between uses of the obscure procedure.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

And I had their ear, explaining Supreme Court decisions on a regular basis over many years. Once I got home and re-entered my own real world, the fact that I could talk about the Supreme Court on ABC News meant absolutely zero. The three television networks had enormous influence. Aimee Stephens. 7, 1960 – May 12, 2020).

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2025

If the lower courts decision allowing RJR Vapors case to go forward stands, the FDA says, other manufacturers will also try to get around the restrictions that federal law imposes on where such challenges can be filed. Although the dispute may seem like a technical one, the FDA contends that the stakes are high.

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JURIST

JULY 14, 2022

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order Wednesday declaring that the state will not extradite people who have been criminally charged for any role in an abortion procedure unless required to do so by the US Constitution. In May, a Michigan judge granted an injunction to stop the state’s 1931 law banning abortion.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 30, 2024

”) in Michigan who was ordered to remove this sweater with the popular phrase “Let’s Go, Brandon.” District Judge Paul Maloney in the Western District of Michigan. However, the Plaintiffs cited other lower court decisions striking a balance in such cases. ” We now have a ruling from U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 27, 2022

The court has spent decades issuing often conflicting and vague 5-4 rulings on the use of race in admissions. Bollinger , the Court divided 5-4 on upholding admissions criteria used to achieve “diversity” in a class at Michigan Law School. In 2003 in Grutter v. For critics, that is an understatement.

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JURIST

JANUARY 4, 2024

Former President Donald Trump filed an appeal Wednesday asking the US Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring him from the state’s ballot. The original decision will now be on hold until the US Supreme Court rules on the appeal. Trump also appealed the Maine decision.

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Above The Law

MARCH 31, 2025

From a WilmerHale spokesperson: We appreciate the courts swift action to preserve our clients right to counsel and acknowledgement of the unconstitutional nature of the executive order and its chilling effect on the legal system. Read more here (gift link). Trump Cant Stop Threatening Lawyers.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 10, 2023

The court has spent decades issuing often conflicting and vague 5-4 rulings on the use of race in admissions. Bollinger , the Court divided 5-4 on upholding admissions criteria used to achieve “diversity” in a class at Michigan Law School. In 2003 in Grutter v. For critics, that is an understatement.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

.” Former Colorado Republican state senator and lead plaintiff Norma Anderson reacted after the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling, stating, “I was surprised and delighted. ” Also on Wednesday, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that it would not block Trump from appearing on its 2024 primary ballot.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 27, 2022

While many countries have decriminalized abortion, most are closer to Mississippi than Michigan in limiting abortion to the first or second trimester. Our post-Roe world will not be written by Congress with the proposed federalization of Roe or another 50 years of conflicting court decisions. How much has changed.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

27, the Michigan Supreme Court declined to review a lower-court decision that allowed Trump to appear on the state’s primary ballot. As in Minnesota, the lower court’s ruling does not foreclose a new challenge to Trump’s appearance on the general election ballot. And on Dec.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

” The decision comes just days after another defeat in Michigan for advocates of this theory. We need to put this insidious legal theory to rest with the finality and clarity of a Supreme Court decision. As it stands, we will have to wait to see if Griswald has the confidence of her convictions to appeal.

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Above The Law

MARCH 4, 2025

Law Firm Following Court Approval. after a court decision made it the first Big Four accounting firm eligible to practice law in the country. The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday granted the accounting giant final approval to obtain a license to create its own firm, KPMG Law. Read more here (gift link). #2

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