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State Bar Positions: Rule Amendments
and Administrative Orders
| Rule Amendments | Administrative
Orders | Proposed Rule
Amendments | Other |
| Rule Amendments
(in order of effective date) |
Amendments Effective January 1, 2007
Amendments Effective September 1, 2007
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| Administrative
Orders |
Administrative
Order No. 2003-6 - File No. 2002-34
Case Management at the Court of Appeals
POSITION: Concerning the amendments relating to intake
proceedings only, the Board of Commissioners voted to:
Support generally the ongoing efforts
of the Court of Appeals to reduce appellate delay.
- Support funding for appellate
delay reduction initiatives to reduce the "warehouse."
- Oppose the published revisions
to MCR 7.212 that eliminate stipulated extensions of
time to file briefs and shorten the time for filing briefs
and reply briefs.
- Recommend further study and urge attention
to the recommendations of the Report of the State Bar of
Michigan Task Force on Appellate Delay Reduction.
Administrative
Order No. 2002-5 - File No. 2002-44
Differentiated Case Scheduling At the Court of Appeals
POSITION: The Board of Commissioners voted to adopt
the recommendation of the Civil Procedure & Courts Committee
to support a pilot program of differentiated case management
in the Court of Appeals and to defer endorsement of permanent
differentiated case management scheduling until after publication
of details about how such a program would be implemented and
what effect the program is expected to have on the disposition
of cases.
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| Proposed
Rule Amendments |
2007-30 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 2.107 and 2.117 of the Michigan Court Rules
Civil Procedure & Courts Committee POSITION: View Position PDF
2007-31 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 4.201 of the Michigan Court Rules
SBM POSITION: View Position PDF
Civil Procedure & Courts Committee POSITION: View Position PDF
2007-28 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.901 of the Michigan Court Rules
Proposed Adoption of New Rule 3.930 of the Michigan Court Rules
SBM POSITION: View Position PDF
2007-24 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 2.301, 2.302, 2.401 and 2.506 of the Michigan Court Rules
SBM POSITION: View Position PDF
2006-32 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 2.504 of the Michigan Court Rules
SBM POSITION: View Position PDF
Civil Procedure & Courts Committee POSITION: View Position PDF
Justice Initiatives Committee POSITION: View Position PDF
2006-11 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 2.614, 7.101, 7.209, and 7.302 of the Michigan Court Rules
SBM POSITION: View Position PDF
Civil Procedure & Courts Committee POSITION: View Position PDF
Public Corporation Section POSITION: View Position PDF
2006-09 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 7.202 of the Michigan Court Rules
SBM POSITION: View Position PDF
2006-16 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 6.302 and 6.310 of the Michigan Court Rules
SBM POSITION: View Position PDF
2007-38 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 6.201 of the Michigan Court Rules
SBM POSITION: View Position PDF
Criminal Jurisprudence & Practice Committee POSITION: View Position PDF
2007-36 - Proposed Amendment of 9.208 of the Michigan Court Rules
Judicial Tenure Commission Proceedings Evidence Exchange
2005-25 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 2.203 of the Michigan Court Rules
Compulsory Joinder Provisions
2007-09 - Proposed Amendment of 2.306 of the Michigan Court Rules
To require objections at depositions to be concise, nonargumentative, and nonsuggestive and to allow for the imposition of sanctions
SBM POSITION: View Position PDF
Family Law POSITION: View Position PDF
2006-06 – Proposed Amendment of Rule 7.215 of the Michigan Court Rules
Resolution of Conflicts in Court of Appeals Decisions
Family Law POSITION: Support View Position PDF
SBM Position PDF
Civil Procedure & Courts Committee POSITION: View Position PDF
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| Other Actions |
The Court of Appeals ruling in Apsey
v. Memorial Hospital has been appealed to the Michigan
Supreme Court by the defendant. The State Bar of Michigan supports
the filing of an amicus brief with the Michigan Supreme Court
consistent with the amicus
brief filed by the State Bar in the Court of Appeals.
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