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Michigan Court Decisions

Supreme Court (Mich.) Court of Appeals (Mich. Ct. App.) ————— U.S. District Court—Eastern District (E.D. Mich.) * U.S. District Court—Western District (W.D. Mich.) * —————  * Not available — Browse for information.
Michigan state appellate-court decisions can be searched, but cannot be browsed, at the official site linked here.

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., “450 Mich. 920” or “215 Mich. App. 1” or “542 N.W.2d 868”) from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

Additional Resources
¶  Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions ... [State Bar of Michigan] — Most opinions can be either viewed or downloaded as MS Word 6.0/Win files.
¶  Recent Opinions: Supreme Court and Court of Appeals ... [Institute of Continuing Legal Education] — Opinions issued within the past three months.
¶  Summaries of criminal law decisions ... [State Appellate Defender's Office] — Summaries of Michigan decisions from the preceding four months, as well as U.S. Sumpreme Court decisions from a somewhat longer period, with links to full-text opinions if available.
¶  Briefs in Michigan Supreme Court Cases ... [Michigan Supreme Court Clerk]

Michigan Constitution and Legislation

Constitution (Mich. Const.)
1. Bills

2. Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan (Mich. Pub. Acts)

3. Michigan Compiled Laws (Mich. Comp. Laws)
   See also uniform laws and interstate compacts.
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Search Bills by Category ... [Legislature]
   ¶  Tables of Public Acts ... There are no links to the texts of acts.
   ¶  Michigan Compiled Laws — Tables of Sections Affected by Public Acts ... There are no links to the texts of acts or affected sections.
   ¶  Banking and Financial Acts ... [Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services] — Numerous acts concerning banks, consumer affairs regulation, consumer finance regulation, and credit unions.

Michigan Rules of Procedure and Practice

1. Michigan Court Rules
   Local Court Rules ♦ U.S. Court Rules
   Calhoun (37th) Circuit Court Rules Macomb (16th) Circuit Court Rules ————— U.S. District Court Rules—Western District (W.D. Mich. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules—Eastern District (E.D. Mich. Bankr. R.)     —Western District (W.D. Mich. Bankr. R.)
   Rules of Practice ♦ Judicial Rules

   Rules of Professional Conduct

   Code of Judicial Conduct

   Additional Resources

   ¶  Michigan Court Rules ... [Institute of Continuing Legal Education] — New and amended rules after April 1995. Proposed amendments also are available.

Michigan Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   See also the State Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules (SOAHR).
   1. Michigan Administrative Code (Mich. Admin. Code)
   2. Michigan Register (Mich. Reg.)

2. Opinions ♦ Decisions ♦ Orders ♦ Rulings
   Attorney General Opinions (Ops. Mich. Att'y Gen.) ————— Financial and Insurance Services Decisions & Rulings ————— Executive Orders
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Rules Under Review ... [Office of Regulatory Reform] — Latest rule changes; proposed rules, amendments, and rescissions.

Michigan Local Law Sources

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Bay County <2> Wayne County <2>   
Click on the button keyed to the name of the county. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
Municipal Ordinances
Ada Township <5> Addison Township <5> Adrian <5> Albion <5> Alma <5> Alpena <5> Ann Arbor <5> Ann Arbor Township <5> Armada <5> Auburn Hills <5> Aurelius Township <5> Bad Axe <5> Bath Township <5> Battle Creek <2> Bay City <5> Bedford Township <5> Belding <5> Bellevue <3> Benton Township <5> Berkley <5> Berlin Township <5> Bingham Farms <2> Birmingham <5> Blissfield <5> Bloomfield Hills <5> Bloomfield Township <5> Brighton <5> Brighton Township <5> Brooklyn <5> Brownstown Township <5> Burton <2> Canton Township <5> Carrollton Township <5> Cass City <5> Center Line <5> Charlotte <2> Cheboygan <2> Chelsea <5> Chesterfield Township <5> China Township <5> Clare <5> Clawson <5> Clayton Township <5> Clinton <5> Clinton Township <2> Cohoctah Township <5> Coldwater <2> Comstock Township <5> Coopersville <5> Corunna <5> Davison <2> Dearborn <5> Dearborn Heights <5> Delhi Township <5> Delta Township <5> Denton Township <3> Detroit <5> DeWitt <5> Dexter <5> Dimondale <2> Durand <5> East China Charter Township <3> East Grand Rapids <6> East Lansing <5> Eastpointe <2> Eaton Rapids <5> Elk Rapids <5> Elk Rapids [Zoning] <2> Emmett Township <5> Erie Township <2> Escanaba <5> Farmington <5> Farmington Hills <5> Fenton <5> Ferndale <5> Flint <2> Flushing Township <5> Fort Gratiot Township <5> Fowler <2> Fowlerville <5> Fraser <5> Fremont <2> Garden City <2> Gladstone <5> Grand Haven <5> Grand Ledge <3> Grand Rapids <5> Grandville <5> Green Oak Township <5> Grosse Ile Township <3> Grosse Pointe <5> Grosse Pointe Shores <5> Grosse Pointe Woods <5> Groveland Township <5> Gun Plain Township <5> Hagar Township <5> Hancock <2> Harper Woods <5> Harrison <5> Harrison Township <5> Hart <2> Hastings <5> Highland Park <5> Highland Township <5> Hillsdale <5> Holland <5> Holland Chtr Township <5> Holly Township <5> Howell <2> Hudson <5> Hudsonville <5> Huntington Woods <5> Imlay City [Zoning] <2> Independence Township <5> Ionia <2> Ira Township <5> Iron Mountain <5> Iron River <2> Ironwood <5> Jackson <5> Kalamazoo <3> Kalamazoo Township <5> Kentwood <5> Kingsley <2> Lake Odessa <5> Lansing <5> Lansing Township <5> Lathrup Village <5> Leoni Township <5> Leslie <5> Lincoln Park <2> Livonia <5> Lowell <5> Ludington <5> Lyon Township <5> Mackinac Island <5> Macomb Township <5> Madison Heights <5> Manton <5> Marine City <2> Marshall <2> Marysville <5> Mason <2> Melvindale <5> Meridian Township <5> Middleville <5> Milford <5> Milford Township <5> Monroe <3> Monroe Township <5> Montrose <5> Montrose Charter Township <2> Morenci <5> Mount Clemens <5> Mount Pleasant <2> New Baltimore <5> Newaygo <5> Niles <5> North Muskegon <5> Northville <5> Northville Charter Township <3> Norway <5> Novi <5> Oak Park <5> Oshtemo Township <5> Otsego <5> Owosso <5> Oxford <5> Oxford Township <5> Parchment <5> Pavilion Township <5> Pennfield Township <5> Plainfield Township <5> Plymouth <5> Pontiac <5> Port Huron <5> Port Huron Township <5> Portage <5> Redford Township <5> Richland Township <5> Richmond <5> Riverview <5> Rochester <5> Rochester Hills <5> Romeo <5> Roosevelt Park <5> Roseville <3> Royal Oak <3> Saginaw <2> Saginaw Township <5> Saline <5> Saranac <5> Saugatuck Township <5> Sault Ste. Marie <5> Schoolcraft <5> Shelby Township <5> Southfield <5> Southgate <2> Sparta <5> Sparta Township <5> Spring Lake <5> Springfield <5> St. Charles <5> St. Clair <5> St. Clair Shores <5> St. Johns <2> St. Joseph <5> St. Louis <5> Standish <2> Sterling Heights <2> Stockbridge <5> Sturgis <5> Sumpter Township <5> Swartz Creek <5> Taylor <5> Tecumseh <5> Texas Township <5> Thomas Township <6> Trenton <5> Van Buren Township <5> Vassar <5> Walker <5> Walled Lake <5> Warren <5> Washington Township <5> Waterford Township <5> Wayland <5> Wayne <2> West Bloomfield <5> Westland <5> Williamston <5> Windsor Township <5> Wixom <4> Wolverine Lake <2> Woodhaven <5> Wyandotte <5> Wyoming <5> Yankee Springs Township <5> Ypsilanti <5> Ypsilanti Township <5> Zeeland <5>       
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Michigan Law-Related Periodicals

1. Ave Maria Law Review (Ave Maria L. Rev.)
2. Michigan Law Review (Mich. L. Rev.)
3. Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal (Mich. Prob. & Est. Plan. J.) ... [State Bar of Michigan, Probate & Estate Planning Sec.]
4. Michigan State Law Review (Mich. St. L. Rev.) ... Formerly entitled Michigan State DCL Law Review (until 2004) and The Law Review of Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law (1999–2003) and Detroit College of Law Review (1975–1999).
5. Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review (Mich. Telecomm. & Tech. L. Rev.) ... [Univ. of Michigan Law Sch.]
6. University of Detroit Mercy Law Review (U. Detroit Mercy L. Rev.)

Other Michigan Commentary

1. Michigan Friend of the Court Handbook ... [Midland County Friend of the Court] — This handbook describes the procedures available to all Friend of the Court offices to enforce the court's orders and the process available to Michigan citizens for providing input into the operations of the Friend of the Court, which oversees the welfare of children whose support, custody, and parenting time are the subject of court orders because their parents are not married to each other.

2. State Appellate Defender's Office — Bulletins and Criminal Defense Newsletters

3. Doing Business in Michigan. Butzel Long. ... [Lex Mundi]

Michigan Law-Related Topical Web Sites

Michigan Court Information

Web Sites
Supreme Court Court of Appeals ————— Berrien County (2nd) Circuit Court Calhoun County (37th) Circuit Court Clinton County (29th) Circuit Court Crawford County (46th) Circuit Court Genesee County (7th) Circuit Court Ingham County (30th) Circuit Court Kalkaska County (46th) Circuit Court Kent County (17th) Circuit Court Macomb County (16th) Circuit Court Monroe County (38th) Circuit Court Otsego County (46th) Circuit Court Washtenaw County (22nd) Circuit Court Wayne County (3rd) Circuit Court ————— U.S. District Court—Eastern District     —Western District U.S. Bankruptcy Court—Eastern District     —Western District

Michigan Forms

Court Forms ♦ Jury Instructions
State Court Administrative Office Model Civil Jury Instructions
1. Office of Financial and Insurance Services
   Securities Forms

2. Treasury Department
   Individual Tax Forms
   Business Tax Forms

3. Business Entity Forms ...[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other Michigan Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
Legislature Judicial Branch ————— Attorney General Appellate Defender's Office ————— Secretary of State Treasury Department
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶  Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶  Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
State Bar of Michigan Michigan State Bar Foundation ————— Hispanic Bar Association of Michigan Michigan Creditors Bar Association Michigan Defense Trial Counsel Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation ————— Michigan District Judges Association ————— Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Genesee County Bar Association Grand Rapids Bar Association Grand Traverse Leelanau Antrim Bar Association Ingham County Bar Association Kalamazoo County Bar Association Livonia Bar Association Macomb County Bar Association Oakland County Bar Association Rochester Bar Association Shiawassee County Bar Association Washtenaw County Bar Association Wolverine Bar Association ————— Michigan Association of Professional Court Reporters
See also links to local and special-purpose bar associations at the Michigan State Bar web site. See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
Institute of Continuing Legal Education ————— Ave Maria School of Law Mercy School of Law (University of Detroit) Michigan State University College of Law * Thomas M. Cooley Law School University of Michigan Law School Wayne State University Law School —————  * Formerly (until 2004) Detroit College of Law.
1. Criminal Defense Database ... [State Appellate Defender's Office] — A fee-based site providing numerous practice aids including appellate briefs.

2. Consulate General of Canada in Detroit • Consulat Général du Canada à Detroit

3. Consulate General of Mexico in Detroit • Consulado General de México en Detroit

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
See also information about Michigan libraries having law collections.
Michigan State Law Library Grand Traverse County Kalamazoo County: Raymond W. Fox Law Library Livingston County Oakland County: Clark J. Adams–Phillip Pratt Law Library Ave Maria School of Law Michigan State University Thomas M. Cooley Law School University of Detroit: Kresge Law Library (Mercy Sch. of Law) University of Michigan Wayne State University: Arthur Neef Law Library
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
1. Attorney General — Publications ... Brochures discussing topics of interest to consumers and individuals. Also provided are the texts of two state laws, along with commentary: the Freedom of Information Act and the Open Meetings Act.

2. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Michigan Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Michigan law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Michigan.

3. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. Legal Services of Eastern Michigan ... LSEM specializes in the following areas of poverty law: family law, including domestic violence; housing; public benefits, including health; senior law, including elder abuse; education, and employment law, including Workfare, economic development, tax, consumer/bankruptcy, and fair housing. LSEM serves Arenac, Bay, Clare, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Lapeer, Midland, and Saginaw Counties.
   2. Michigan Courts Self-Help Center ... “This site is designed to help you find legal assistance, learn about Michigan law, and represent yourself in some legal matters. This site does not provide legal advice.”
   3. MichiganLegalAid.org ... “MichiganLegalAid.org provides help with legal problems to low income residents of Michigan. On this site you will find information about the law and about places to go for help with legal and related problems.”
   4. Michigan Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   5. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.