Litigation

Michigan Supreme Court Keeps "Reform" Initiative Off Ballot:
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled 6-1 yesterday that the "Reform Michigan Government Now" initiative is ineligible to be on the ballot. According to the Court's majority, the initiative would make too...

Michigan ballot proposal to allow stem cell research advances
The AP reports: Supporters of a ballot measure that would loosen Michigan’s restrictions on embryonic stem cell research took a big step toward placing it on the November ballot...

High court bars rewrite of constitution from ballot: Reform Michigan spokeswoman calls ruling judicial activism at its worst
The Lansing State Journal:  Voters are unlikely to weigh in on a sweeping ballot measure that would have rewritten large sections of the state constitution now that the Michigan Supreme Court has agreed with the state Court of Appeals...

Michigan group forms to oppose expansion of embryonic stem cell research
The Michigan Family Forum has sent an update reporting: Michigan Citizens Against Unrestricted Science and Experimentation (MiCause) is a coalition of groups coming together to oppose the ballot proposal loosening restrictions on embryonic stem cell research...

"Reform plan kept off ballot; Supreme Court upholds ruling that package would make too many changes to Michigan Constitution"
"Reform plan kept off ballot; Supreme Court upholds ruling that package would make too many changes to Michigan Constitution": This article appears today in The Detroit News. The Detroit Free Press reports today that "Court upholds barring proposal to reform government...

"State high court denies ballot measure"
AP offers this report from Michigan....

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Michigan Employment Law
alleged violations of Michigan labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Hershey Co. et al.
allegedly involved in a chocolate price fixing scheme.

Ballot Device
Election Systems and Software agrees to pays city of San Francisco $3.5 million settlement after problems with AutoMARK lead to prolonged hand counting of votes.

Suit Filed On Behalf of 400,000 Michigan Medicaid-Dependents Denied Access to Dental Healthcare
Michigan Medicaid Sued Over Dental Healthcare

Wesley A. Snyder et al.
alleging the consultants perpetrated a Ponzi scheme by encouraging borrowers to lend more than they needed.

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million