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Opinion Search Options

Welcome to the opinion search page for the Michigan Supreme Court and the Michigan Court of Appeals.

Opinion searches will include:

  • Published opinions released since January 2001.
  • Court of Appeals unpublished opinions released since July 1996.
  • Court of Appeals orders affecting opinions released since January 2005.

Opinions released earlier than the above dates are available online from Thomson West, the official publisher of the Michigan Reports and the Michigan Appeals Reports. Click here to go to Thomson West's Michigan Official Reports search page.

Please Select a Search Method: Search Tips

Docket Number Search by either the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals docket number.
Field Search Search specific fields, such as release date, opinion author, case type and more.
Text Search

Search the body of the opinions by keywords and phrases.

PLEASE NOTE:  To facilitate user access, published opinions will appear on this web site before they have been reviewed by the Editor's Office and forwarded to the official publisher of the Michigan Reports and the Michigan Appeals Reports.  When the official opinion is later uploaded to the web site, it will be flagged with this icon: &.  Official opinions will be uploaded to this web site before they are available on any other web site.

The Court Opinions are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format. If required, you may download Adobe's free Acrobat Reader.

 

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