Teach the Verdict of History: lesson plans here.
View Verdict of History subject material by historical time period:
Michigan and the Culture Wars, 1970 – To Present
Unborn Persons in Michigan: O’Neill v Morse (1971) – 385 Mich 130
Civil Wrongs and the Rights Revolution: Placek v Sterling Heights (1979) – 405 Mich 638
Exorcising the Ghost of Felony Murder: People v Aaron (1980) – 409 Mich 672
Employee Rights and Wrongful Discharge: Toussaint v Blue Cross (1980) – 408 Mich 579
Private Property and Public Use: Poletown Neighborhood Council v Detroit (1981) – 10 Mich 616
Public Utility Immunity: Ross v Consumers Power Co. (1984) – 420 Mich 567
Natural Versus Adoptive Parents: In re Clausen (1993) – 442 Mich 648
The Right to Die: People v Kevorkian (1994) – 447 Mich 436
The Mid-Twentieth Century, 1940-70
Michigan’s New Deal: Book Tower Garage v United Auto Workers (1940) – 295 Mich 580
Voelker and the Art of Crafting an Opinion: People v Hildabridle (1958) – 353 Mich 562
- Brief Summary of Hildabridle
- Majority Opinion
- Concurring Opinion
- Dissenting Opinion
- Case Progress Through Court
Judicial Power and Democracy: In re Huff (1958) – 352 Mich 402
Judicial Power and Democracy (II): Scholle v Hare (1962)- 367 Mich 176
- Brief Summary of Scholle
- Majority Opinion
- Concurring Opinion
- 2nd Concurring Opinion
- Dissenting Opinion
- Dissenting Concurring Opinion
- Case Progress Through Court
The Forgotten Years, 1870-1940
Cows and Contracts: Sherwood v. Walker (1887) – 66 Mich 568
- Brief Summary of Sherwood
- Sherwood Majority
- Sherwood Dissent
- Case Progress Through Court
- Poems Inspired by Sherwood v Walker
Laws and Morals in the Industrial Age: People v. Beardsley (1907) – 150 Mich 206
Eugenics in Michigan: Haynes v. Lapeer Circuit Judge (1918) – 201 Mich 138
Civil Rights and the Great Migration: Bolden v. Grand Rapids Operating Company (1927) – 239 Mich 318
The Formative Years, 1858-70
Crime and Democracy on the Frontier: The Pond and Maher Cases (1860, 1862)
- Brief Summary of Pond and Maher
- Maher Dissent
- Maher Opinion
- Pond Opinion
- Case Progress Through Court
Racial Equality in Nineteenth Century Michigan: The Workman Case (1869)
Taxation and Class Legislation: People v. Salem (1870) – 20 Mich. 452