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- Part 1: Michigan Supreme Court Justice Thomas G. Kavanagh relates his family history and discusses his father's work with newspapers and the Democratic Party, his own early schooling, and his first jobs in law firms. He also discusses his judicial career, starting with the newly created Court of Appeals in 1964 and then running for the Michigan Supreme Court in 1968. He provides an insiders view of the Court during his tenure and discusses the various political and personal differences that arose among the justices. Part 2: Michigan Supreme Court Justice Thomas G. Kavanagh talks about the Justice John Swainson bribery case, his own involvement in the investigation and his view that Swainson was "framed". Kavanagh also discusses the turmoil on the Court in the mid-1970s and talks candidly about his colleagues, including Justices Mary Coleman, Charles Levin, John Fitzgerald, Thomas Brennan, Thomas M. Kavanagh, James Ryan, and Dorothy Comstock Riley. After 1976, Kavanagh says, the Court stabilzed and a new spirit of good will and collegiality was embraced by all of the justices. Kavanagh covers a wide range of general topics, including legislative apportionment, mandatory arbitration, the difficulty of campaigning for election, judicial conferences, the Michigan Supreme Court's involvement with the State Bar of Michigan and its disciplinary procedures, term limits for Chief Justices, and the selection process for Supreme Court Justices. He finishes by describing his speech to the Kalamazoo County Bar Association, which was titled, "Pot, Pornography, and Prostitution," by the program organizers.
- Date Created:
- 1990-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Interviews with Michigan State Supreme Court Justices
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- Michigan Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Lindemer discusses the judicial selection process and his own appointment to the Court after the death of Justice Thomas M. Kavanagh. Lindemer also talks about the inner workings of the Court and the court system, including the philosophical and geographical differences among the justices, judicial activism, the importance of face to face communication and collegiality in the judicial process, the effects of the 1974 elections on judicial relations, the overall power of the Court, and the effect on justices of John Swainson's resignation in 1975. Lindemer reviews legal and social issues confronted by the Court during his tenure, including double jeopardy, taxation, sentencing guidelines, and workers compensation.
- Date Created:
- 1990-10-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Interviews with Michigan State Supreme Court Justices
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- Part 1: Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dennis W. Archer talks about his family history, growing up in Detroit and Cassopolis, MI, teaching, attending the Detroit College of Law, his interest in politics, his nomination to the Michigan Supreme Court and his involvement with the State Bar of Michigan. Justice Archer also discusses his early years on the Court, the role of the Supreme Court, collegiality among the justices, the Cassidy and DiFranco decisions, and the relationship between the Michigan Supreme Courst and the State Bar of Michigan. Part 2: Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dennis W. Archer talks about the State Bar of Michigan and the State Bar Grievance Board, his activities with the American Bar Association, issues facing African-American lawyers, his own contributions to the court, the selection process for Chief Justice, and the practice of law in Michigan. He ends by appraising his colleagues and presenting his vision for the legal profession in regards ethnic and gender diversity.
- Date Created:
- 1991-06-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Interviews with Michigan State Supreme Court Justices