Michigan Legal Milestones
Resources

1. Ossian Sweet Trial

• Malice Aforethought: The Sweet Trials, University of Detroit Mercy
• American National Biography
• Famous American Trials: The Sweet Trials 1925 & 1926

2. Baseball Reserve Clause

• Stereoscope Magazine: The Catcher, the Quick Lunch King, and Baseball's Reserve Clause: Major League Litigation in Grand Rapids , Winter 2003
• Baseball's Reserve Clause , Speech by Dennis W. Archer to the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society, April 13, 2000
• New York Times: Baseball Reserve Clause is Legal , January 31, 1914

3. Cooley Law Office

• Michigan Supreme Court History: Thomas M. Cooley

4. Roosevelt-Newett Trial

• Michigan Bar Journal: Rough Rider Clears Name in U.P.
• Library of Congress: Roosevelt vs. Newett, a transcript of the testimony taken and depositions read at Marquette, Michigan, circa 1914
• NY Times: Bars All Rumor about Roosevelt, May 29, 1913
• NY Times: Roosevelt Wins, Editor Retracts, 1913
• Law Day 2012 Winning Entry

5. Justice William Fletcher

• Michigan Supreme Court History: William Fletcher

6. Sojourner Truth

7. Augustus Woodward

8. Access to Public Water

• Collins v. Gerhardt (1926, Michigan Supreme Court)

9. Ten Hours or No Sawdust

10. Constitutional Convention

• Michigan Bar Journal: UpFront June 2007

11. Eva Belles' Vote

12. One Person, One Vote

Scholle v. Hare (1960, Michigan Supreme Court)

Scholle v. Hare (1962, U.S. Supreme Court)

Scholle v. Hare (1962, Michigan Supreme Court)

13. Improving Justice

14. The King's Grant

15. The Uninvited Ear

16. Laughing Whitefish

17. Protecting the Impaired

• The Verdict of History: The History of Michigan Jurisprudence Through its Significant Supreme Court Cases (Supplement from the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society) January 2009
• Haynes v. Lapeer Circuit Judge

18. Rose of Aberlone

• Michigan Bar Journal: UpFront March 2008
• Michigan Bar Journal: UpFront June 2008
• The Verdict of History: The History of Michigan Jurisprudence Through its Significant Supreme Court Cases (Supplement from the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society) January 2009
• Sherwood v. Walker
• Poem: Rose of Aberlone by Professor Brainerd Currie

19. Emelia Schaub

• Michigan Bar Journal: Michigan Lawyers in History—Emilia Schaub: 100 Years of Leadership January 2000
• Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society: Women and the Law
• Michigan Women's Hall of Fame

20. Mount Clemens Pottery

21. Pond's Defense

• The Verdict of History: The History of Michigan Jurisprudence Through its Significant Supreme Court Cases (Supplement from the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society) December 2008
• Pond v. The People: Michigan Sets a Legal Precedent By Larry Peterson
  Excerpted with permission from Michigan History Magazine March/April 2011

22. Ending Jim Crow

23. Conveying Michigan

24. Murphy's Dissent

• Defining Moments in Our History , Michigan Bar Journal, May 2004
• Korematsu v. United States
• MGTV: Defining Moments—Biographies

25. Striking Racial Covenants

Sipes v. McGhee (Michigan Supreme Court)
Sipes v. McGhee (U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari)

26. Milo Radulovich

• CBS Evening News: Remembering Milo Radulovich

27. Committee of One

28. Mary Coleman

• Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society: Biography
• Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society: Interview with Mary S. Coleman
• Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society: Women and the Law

29. President Gerald R. Ford

• Michigan Bar Journal: President's Page: Gerald R. Ford—Accidental Hero January 2007
• Michigan Bar Journal: In Memoriam: A Special Tribute January 2007
• Gerald R. Ford Library & Museum
• Gerald R. Ford Foundation

30. Freedom Road

• Michigan Bar Journal: A Stop on the Long Road to Freedom , July, 2005
• The Under Ground Railroad in Cass County
• 1847 Kentucky Raid
• A Poem About the Kentucky Raid

31. Otis Milton Smith

• Michigan Bar Journal: A Trailblazing Leader: Otis M. Smith's accomplishments are the focus of the 31st Michigan Legal Milestone June 2006
• Michigan Bar Journal: UpFront August 2006
• NY Times Otis Smith
• Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Otis Smith
• Audio Interview with Rodger Lane

32. Prentiss M. Brown

• Michigan Bar Journal: A Mackinac Milestone: Visionary Prentiss Brown to be Honored at 32nd Michigan Legal Milestone September 2007
• Michigan Bar Journal: UpFront December 2007

33. Poletown and Eminent Domain

• Michigan Bar Journal: UpFront January 2009
• Michigan Bar Journal: The Verdict of History: The History of Michigan Jurisprudence Through Its Significant Supreme Court Cases (Supplement from the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society) by March 2009
• Michigan Bar Journal: UpFront November 2008
• County of Wayne v. Hathcock
• Poletown Neighborhood Council v. City of Detroit
• Michigan Supreme Court Discussion Guide
• Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy: An Obituary for Poletown Neighborhood Council v. Detroit, March 22, 2005

34. From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry

• Michigan Bar Journal: Killing Spawned Asian American Civil Rights Movement: 34th Milestone to Highlight Vincent Chin Case May 2009

35. Elk, Oil, and the Environment

• West MI Envtl. Action Council, Inc. v. Natural Res. Comm'n
• Historic Despute Has Lessons for Today—Interlochen Public Radio | or Read the text
• Maps of the area
• Pigeon River Country Association

36. Milliken v. Bradley

• Michigan Bar Journal: Milliken v. Bradley: The Northern Battle for Desegregation
  September 2011
• Full Text of the Opinion
• State Bar of Michigan Press Release

37. Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act

• Michigan Bar Journal: The Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act
• Michigan Bar Journal: UpFront
• Michigan Legislative Website Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act 453 1976
• Michigan Department of Civil Rights

38. Berrien County Courthouse

• Michigan Bar Journal: The 1839 Berrien County Courthouse
• Michigan Bar Journal: Upfront

39. The Great Ferris Fire

• Michigan Bar Journal: Governor G. Mennen Williams and the Great Ferris Fire
• When Fire Struck, The History of Ferris State University
• Video Dedication

40. The Kalamazoo Case: Establishing High School for All

41. First to Abolish the Death Penalty

General Resources

The Verdict of History

• December 2008 1858-1870
• January 2009 1870-1940
• February 2009 1940-1970
• March 2009 1970-1994