https://www.wcmu.org/tags/michigan-supreme-court Michigan Supreme Court en-US Copyright Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:40:13 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-24/fight-is-far-from-over-law-firm-plans-to-appeal-edenville-dam-verdict The Michigan Court of Claims dismissed the Edenville Dam case, saying property owners did not provide evidence that proved the state was liable for the dam failure. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:40:13 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-24/fight-is-far-from-over-law-firm-plans-to-appeal-edenville-dam-verdict Emma George-Griffin https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-22/supreme-court-sides-with-nessel-in-line-5-jurisdiction-dispute Pipeline owner Enbridge wanted a lawsuit from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to be moved to federal court. But in a unanimous decision, justices ruled Enbridge’s arguments for doing so were ‘not persuasive.’ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:50:42 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-22/supreme-court-sides-with-nessel-in-line-5-jurisdiction-dispute Kelly House https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-01/senate-v-house-to-appear-before-michigan-supreme-court-in-dispute-over-stalled-bills The state Senate is suing the state House over nine bills that are in limbo after they passed both chambers of the Legislature but were never sent to the governor to sign. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:57:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-01/senate-v-house-to-appear-before-michigan-supreme-court-in-dispute-over-stalled-bills Colin Jackson https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-01-26/up-zoo-says-mi-supreme-court-should-say-no-to-human-rights-for-chimps A zoo in the western Upper Peninsula is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to refuse a case that seeks a ruling that chimpanzees have constitutional rights against wrongful imprisonment. Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:20:08 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-01-26/up-zoo-says-mi-supreme-court-should-say-no-to-human-rights-for-chimps Rick Pluta https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-01-14/dana-nessel-bar-immigration-arrests-at-michigan-courthouses Attorney General Dana Nessel backs proposed Michigan Supreme Court rule change limiting civil arrests in state and local courthouses. Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:29:51 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-01-14/dana-nessel-bar-immigration-arrests-at-michigan-courthouses Lauren Gibbons, Bridge Michigan https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-10/michigan-supreme-court-hears-defense-that-man-was-too-high-on-lsd-to-confess Zebadiah Soriano wants his involuntary statement suppressed, and he wants a sentence that includes putting his name on the state’s sex offender registry reversed. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:18:54 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-10/michigan-supreme-court-hears-defense-that-man-was-too-high-on-lsd-to-confess Rick Pluta https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-10/mi-house-gop-asks-state-supreme-court-to-let-bills-stall-after-they-passed-both-chambers-of-legislature Michigan Republicans want the state Supreme Court to overturn a ruling saying that all bills passed by both chambers of the Legislature have to go to the governor. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 04:41:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-10/mi-house-gop-asks-state-supreme-court-to-let-bills-stall-after-they-passed-both-chambers-of-legislature Rick Pluta https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-03/michigan-supreme-court-is-asked-to-grant-human-rights-to-chimps The Washington D.C.-based Nonhuman Rights Project argues that chimpanzees at the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula deserve common law habeas corpus rights. Wed, 03 Dec 2025 23:58:17 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-03/michigan-supreme-court-is-asked-to-grant-human-rights-to-chimps Rick Pluta https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-06/michigan-supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-eli-lilly-insulin-case A pivotal battle over drug affordability is unfolding in Michigan's highest court, where attorneys are clashing over the scope of a consumer protection law and its application to Eli Lilly's insulin business, with the outcome likely to resonate throughout the healthcare sector. Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:08:11 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-06/michigan-supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-eli-lilly-insulin-case Colin Jackson https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-10-31/michigan-supreme-court-declines-appeal-in-alpena-public-schools-case The Michigan Supreme Court has declined to consider an appeal on a sexual harassment case involving Alpena Public Schools. Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:00:31 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-10-31/michigan-supreme-court-declines-appeal-in-alpena-public-schools-case Brianna Edgar