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Margaret H. Marshall, who succeeded Justice Wilkins as the SJC's chief justice, praised his legacy of emphasizing the ...
He served four eight-year terms from 1983 through 2014 on the Michigan Supreme Court, including as Chief Justice from 1991 ...
The Michigan Supreme Court has declined to hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by parents of Oxford High School shooting victims, shutting down their legal battle against the school district.
Susan Brownmiller, a prominent feminist and author of the 1960s and '70s whose "Against Our Will" was a landmark and ...
Former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Cavanagh has died at 84, remembered for a distinguished legal career and ...
Michael Cavanagh, a Detroit native who was a longtime Michigan Supreme Court justice and father of current Chief Justice ...
Cavanagh was on the state's high court from 1983 to 2014, which is tied for Michigan's longest supreme court tenure ever.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Cavanagh has died. He was 84 years old.
Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on Indiana’s death row since 2002, when he was convicted of killing Beech Grove Police Officer ...
Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit is running for Michigan attorney general ... After law school, Savit clerked for two U.S. Supreme Court justices — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in 2020, and ...
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican appointee who retired from the high court in 2009 after voting consistently with its liberal wing, has died, the Supreme Court announced on ...