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Author: Lynn Seaks

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#AnnualLuncheon

March 18, 2016April 22, 2022 Lynn Seaks

Invitations to this year’s Annual Luncheon, to be held at noon on Thursday, April 14 at the Detroit Athletic Club,

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Exploring Careers in the Law

March 9, 2016April 22, 2022 Lynn Seaks

Did you know that the Michigan Supreme Court Learning Center hosts a moot court program every summer for high school

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Foundations of Justice

February 24, 2016April 22, 2022 Lynn Seaks

The property of a former Michigan Supreme Court Justice is in the news — 126 years after his departure from

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Death on the Court

February 17, 2016April 22, 2022 Lynn Seaks

The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia over the weekend prompted me to review Michigan’s history of justices

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Bird’s Top Hat

February 10, 2016April 22, 2022 Lynn Seaks

On this date in 1928, Justice John E. Bird passed away unexpectedly at his home in Adrian, Michigan. It was

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G. Mennen Williams

February 3, 2016April 22, 2022 Lynn Seaks

On this date in 1988, the New York Times published the obituary of G. Mennen Williams. The former Michigan Supreme

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Black Birthday

January 27, 2016April 22, 2022 Lynn Seaks

On this date in 1903 Justice Eugene Black was born in Marine City, Michigan. Black graduated from Port Huron High

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Moody Blues

January 20, 2016April 22, 2022 Lynn Seaks

Peter Moody was only 17 years old when his father, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Blair Moody, Jr., passed away unexpectedly.

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Happy birthday Thomas Cooley

January 6, 2016April 22, 2022 Lynn Seaks

Thomas M. Cooley was born on this date 192 years ago — January 6, 1824. Like many of Michigan’s early

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Set Your DVRs Now!

December 15, 2015April 22, 2022 Lynn Seaks

Justice John Voelker’s best selling novel-turned-Academy Award nominated film, Anatomy of a Murder, will air on Turner Classic Movies at

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