The state's Tax Tribunal erred when it concluded that a unitary business group of insurance companies did not file a unitary return for calculations of a premiums tax and related credits under Chapter 12 of the Income Tax Act, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
The Cheboygan Circuit Court erred when it granted summary disposition to a local visitors bureau in a lawsuit asserting that water and sewer rate increases were actually a tax levied in violation of the Constitution's Headlee Amendment, a split Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
A lawsuit surrounding a 2015 law that triggered an income tax cut has reached the Michigan Supreme Court, as the plaintiffs seek to invalidate a Court of Appeals opinion that held the rate was to be reduced for one year only.
The Michigan Republican Party and the Republican National Committee lacked standing to sue members of the Flint Board of Election Commissioners for violating election law because it did not appoint "as nearly as possible" the same amount of election inspectors from each major party in the 2022 primary and general elections, a split Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
A unanimous Court of Appeals panel on Thursday sided with the state in its determination that the 2015 law triggering an income tax cut does so for one year only.
The Department of Technology, Management and Budget did not run afoul of the Administrative Procedures Act when it exercised its authority to implement a prevailing-wage requirement in state building contracts in line with the Management and Budget Act, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
The respective parties battling for years over whether the Legislature can an amend a voter-initiated law it adopted in the same legislative term will soon be able to make their final arguments before the Michigan Supreme Court.
If a contract gives one party discretion, the other party can challenge actions under that discretion if they are harmed by the results, the Court of Appeals ruled in a published opinion released Friday.
The Legislature could redraw the state's Court of Appeals districts before the end of the year, with the House introducing legislation last week to boost the court from four to five districts and the number of judges from 25 to 30.
The Chippewa Circuit Court abused its discretion when it entered an order for resentencing in a domestic violence case because the defendant's motion for reconsideration lacked merit, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.