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The Michigan Supreme Court can be dated back to the Supreme Court of Michigan Territory, established in 1805 with three justices. [4] These justices served for indefinite terms. In 1823, the terms of justices were limited to four years. [4] The Michigan Supreme Court was the only court created by the first Michigan constitution in 1835.
No. Chief Justice Tenure as Chief Justice Tenure on Supreme Court 1: William A. Fletcher: 1836–1842: 1836–1842 2: George Morell: 1842–1843: 1836–1843
The judiciary of Michigan is defined under the Michigan Constitution, law, and regulations as part of the Government of Michigan.The court system consists of the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan Court of Appeals as the intermediate appellate court, the circuit courts and district courts as the two primary trial courts, and several administrative courts and specialized courts.
Decisions of the court may generally be appealed by leave application to the Michigan Supreme Court. The Court of Appeals started with only nine judges originally. The number of judgeships steadily increased through legislation over the years to accommodate the court's growing caseload—to 12 in 1969, to 18 in 1974, to 24 in 1988, and to 28 in ...
In 1988, Kelly was elected to the first of two consecutive terms on the Michigan Court of Appeals. In 1996, during her second term on the appellate court, Marilyn Jean Kelly won election to the Michigan Supreme Court. Justice Kelly won a landslide re-election to the high court in 2004; receiving over 2 million votes - nearly half a million more ...
The Michigan Supreme Court handed down a decision later that year ruling the joint convention for the recount illegal. "The entire proceedings were fatally defective," the court's opinion states ...
The Michigan Supreme Court is the state’s highest court, tasked with ruling on and resolving disputed rulings from lower state courts. In recent years, ...
Thomas McIntyre Cooley (January 6, 1824 – September 12, 1898) was an American judge. He was the 25th Justice and a Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, between 1864 and 1885.