London Free Press
More often than not, imposing mandatory minimum sentences to hamstring judicial discretion is a political flex.
Great Lakes Echo

By Eric Freedman

A horse-drawn carriage. A runaway horse. A crash. Sounds like an old-fashioned drama – not a bizarre 21st-century event. But that’s what happened three years ago when a visitor was injured while riding in a horse-drawn omnibus at Greenfield Village. The Court of Appeals has refused to reinstate her negligence suit against The Henry Ford and the driver.

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Great Lakes Echo

By Eric Freedman 

 The Michigan Court of Appeals has cleared the city of South Haven of liability in the 2020 drowning of an 18-year-old swimmer at a public beach on the Lake Michigan coast.

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London Free Press
Observers have predicted, whatever the decision, the case could be appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Great Lakes Commission
The Supreme Court of Canada, in its decision released Thursday morning, announced it won’t hear an appeal of lower court decisions that confirm the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation’s ownership […]
London Free Press
Samer Akila's constitutional challenge, believed to be a first in Canada, argues that psilocybin laws violate freedom of thought.
Interlochen Public Radio
A Michigan Supreme Court order means the mother of the Oxford High School shooter will remain in prison while she appeals her involuntary manslaughter convictions.
London Free Press
The court is honouring its 150th anniversary with a year of outreach, including a five-city tour and a commemorative coin.
Great Lakes Commission
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will review whether Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline beneath a Great Lakes […]
Interlochen Public Radio
If successful, the referendum would repeal bipartisan compromise legislation that passed in February.