Publications
An updated version of the Index to Special Sessions is now available from the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society.
This edition will feature an up-to-date, chronological index to special sessions of the Michigan Supreme Court, as well as an alphabetical index to special sessions sorted by both honoree and speaker. The 700+ page volume will be bound to look like a volume of the Michigan Reports and will include full transcripts of all special sessions of the Michigan Supreme Court since 1988 – all of the special sessions in which the Society has been involved.
This complete and accurate resource is not simply a list, rather it is a guide to the history of the Michigan Supreme Court. The guide will provide a chronological listing of Justices and Chief Justices and their terms of service; a chronological index to special sessions grouped by ceremony and listing the date, honoree, occasion, volume and page number of the Michigan Reports in which it can be found, and a list of speakers at the ceremony; and an alphabetical index grouped by name of the speaker and honoree.
The included ceremonies of the Michigan Supreme Court, as recorded in the Michigan Reports, provide a unique and personal history of the Court and some of Michigan’s most distinguished citizens. Most ceremonies are memorials or portrait presentations in which family, friends, jurists, government officials, and members of the bar, through eulogies and tributes, give concise and interesting accounts of the honorees’ lives.
Michigan Supreme Court Historical Reference Guide
The Michigan Supreme Court Historical Reference Guide, the Society’s newest publication, tells the stories of each of Michigan’s first 100 Supreme Court Justices, from 1805 to 1998.
Illustrated with photos of each Justice, this fascinating, 273-page volume also contains an index of special sessions of the Michigan Supreme Court, sorted both by honorees and speakers, as well as a factual chart of the Court by years, which lists the Court’s composition for each year since 1805.
The Reference Guide is available to Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society members for $10; $15 to non-members. Order your copy today!
A Brief History of the Michigan Supreme Court
This 40-page booklet is the result of our 1999 Coleman Internship. The assignment was simply to create an overview of the history of the Michigan Supreme Court that would be easy to ready, inexpensive to distribute, and would highlight the major changes in the Court over the years.
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