The prosecution of a South Haven woman who was stopped and found to have a concealed pistol without a license can move forward because state law prohibiting unlicensed concealed carry doesn't violate the Second and 14th Amendments, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
A local ballot petition to revoke a zoning ordinance did not comply with election law, but a lower court did not err when it granted summary disposition to a township that approved the measure over the company that was challenging it, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons will appeal a Thursday decision from the Court of Appeals reversing the lower court's bindover of an election worker who copied the August 2022 voter roll to a personal flash drive following the primary election.
The Wayne Circuit Court erred when it ruled that a piece of Michigan's felony firearms law was unconstitutional, suppressed evidence and dismissed a case against a defendant facing weapons charges, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
A single Parole Board member who conducts a public hearing is not required to take a vote on whether a case before them is eligible for parole, especially in situations where a given member has since left their post, but votes to deny parole cannot end it in a tie, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
Prosecutors in the criminal case against former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr, accused of using improper deadly force in the slaying of Patrick Lyoya, presented sufficient evidence in a preliminary examination to establish probable cause and to bind the defendant over for trial, the Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in a 2-1 decisions.
The Ottawa Board of Commissioners and its ultraconservative majority made up of eight members of the Ottawa Impact group did not violate the Open Meetings Act when they met privately before taking office to discuss policy goals and how to attain them, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
A Court of Appeals panel on Thursday vacated its previous holding regarding a case of alleged unconstitutional takings when a property was foreclosed for delinquent property taxes, this time reversing the lower court's holding and remanding the case for further proceedings.
The Michigan Supreme Court's landmark 2022 decision holding a one-judge grand jury indictment must also include an opportunity for a preliminary examination to determine probable cause can and should be retroactively applied to convictions and sentences prior to the ruling, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel said Thursday.
The Livingston Circuit Court erred when it ignored a request for damages in a Medicaid benefits lawsuit and must reassess the validity of a disabled man's attempt to seek damages from a Livingston mental health provider, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.