Michigan Official Reports Online provides access to Michigan Reports (1942-Current) and Appeals Reports (1977-Current), slip opinions, Michigan Compiled Laws (unannotated) and Michigan court rules, Federal Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan court rules, and the Michigan and United States Constitutions. This site brings together in one place basic Michigan and federal law content that Michigan legal practitioners require.
Specifically, use this site to:
- Find applicable Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions
- Search case law, statutes and rules to find answers to procedural and substantive legal questions
- Prepare for court with the cases, official citations, statutory provisions and rules.
- Stay current with online updates
- Find and review the Reporter’s headnotes to gain insight into the court holdings
- Find and review majority, concurring and dissenting opinions for further insight into legal issues
- Identify and profile judges’ patterns of decisions in particular types of cases
Michigan Official Reports Online presents a means to search basic legal content, access the law once you have already framed what information you need and to enter the world of online searching.
For more information or further assistance, please contact your legal research representative at 1-800-762-5272.
