Michigan Litigation and National Legal News.
Sixth Circuit: "The government is not your nosy neighbor — the one who always pokes her head in, uninvited, to critique your garden or gossip about the couple down the street. Sure, the police, like any Girl Scout, may approach your door, knock, and ask you a question or two . . . But the Fourth Amendment draws a “firm line” at the door."
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Read MoreIn a ruling with national impact, a federal judge in Chicago on Friday blocked the Trump administration's rules requiring so-called sanctuary cities to cooperate with immigration agents in order to get a public safety grant.
Read MoreExisting medical marijuana dispensaries could be in danger of being shuttered by law enforcement if they stay open past mid-December, according to Andrew Brisbo, a top state marijuana regulator.
Read MoreU.S. officials can at least temporarily continue to block refugees with formal assurances from resettlement agencies from entering the United States after the Supreme Court intervened again Monday to save a piece of President Trump’s travel ban.
Read MoreThe trial in the June 2016 fatal bicycle crash in Kalamazoo is on hold as Charles Pickett Jr.'s attorneys prepare to take the case to the Michigan Supreme Court.
Read MoreThe 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals narrowed the scope of President Donald Trump's travel ban Thursday, ruling that extended family members such as grandparents are exempt from the ban, as well as a certain class of refugees, while the legality of the ban is under review.
Read MoreA handful of Michigan Democrats have joined bipartisan groups of current and former lawmakers encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to recognize and invalidate political gerrymandering practices as outlined in the Gill v. Whitford case.
Read MoreA proposed $100 million-plus public-private development in downtown Royal Oak is the subject of a lawsuit in Oakland County Circuit Court saying the city is violating state law and its charter and ordinances.
Read MoreA state Court of Claims judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against the state meant to halt construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge in Detroit. Grosse Pointe billionaire Manuel “Matty” Moroun has been fighting the construction of the $2.1 billion bridge from Detroit to Canada in both state and federal courts for years. The planned Gordie Howe International bridge would compete with Moroun’s existing Ambassador Bridge to Canada.
Read MoreThe Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office is asking the Michigan Supreme Court for a second time to decide if former state senator Virgil Smith Jr. is violating a plea agreement in his criminal case by running for Detroit City Council.
Read MoreCity attorney Dave Gillaim said this comes after it was determined that the local noise ordinance violates state law.
Read MoreA recent Michigan Supreme Court decision could be good news for some of the growing number of charitable nonprofits facing property tax bills across the state.
Read MoreParents, beware!
Read MoreThe city of Royal Oak has the longest frontage on America’s signature cruising highway — nearly six miles of curbs on Woodward Avenue.
Royal Oak also happens to have the strictest noise ordinance of any city in the Woodward Dream Cruise, and one of the toughest in metro Detroit. So what's that rumbling sound you hear in the distance?
It’s the rising clash of opinions about whether to tell Dream Cruise drivers, well, "Gentlemen, shush your engines."
Cruisers are bitter about about the costly tickets given to many in their ranks on visits to Royal Oak, where they point to the money they spend at restaurants, bars and gas stations. Some hired a lawyer who this week challenged the city's noise ordinance.
But Royal Oak's leaders said the ordinance works and that police have no intention of backing off — except for this week, during the days just before and during Saturday’s Dream Cruise, when officers are told to be lenient, Royal Oak City Manager Don Johnson said.
Read MoreMCL 600.1483(1) places a two-tier cap on noneconomic damages in a malpractice action. There is a general cap for noneconomic damages, which is essentially $280,000 plus an annual adjustment to reflect the consumer price index ($445,500 in 2017).
Read MoreIn the new and ever-changing landscape of "drone law", it is necessary to find an attorney that specializes in aviation and drone law in the state where you are located. In Michigan, check out the best resource on Michigan's Drone Laws.
Read MoreLANSING — Lonely Michigan prison inmates can soon forget about receiving perfume-scented letters or ones marked with a lipstick kiss from a loved one.
And their children will no longer be able to send them home-made birthday or Christmas cards to ease the stress of their time behind bars.
Read MoreIn a welcome win for private property rights, the Michigan Supreme Court unanimously ruled that law enforcement violated the Fourth Amendment by trespassing without a warrant. The decision centered on a controversial tactic known as a “knock and talk,” which involves law enforcement approaching homes in order to question the residents and win permission to search inside. Notably, this ruling echoes a dissent written last year by none other than Neil Gorsuch, before he was elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read MoreThe Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Judicial Tenure Commission was too harsh in its recommendation of an unpaid, 30-day suspension for a judge who jailed three children during a heated divorce case.
Read MoreThe Michigan Supreme Court this week reversed two lower court rulings that a man couldn't be prosecuted for driving drunk in his own driveway.
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