The Michigan Appellate Digest summarizes and indexes all published Michigan Supreme Court and Court of Appeals decisions released since 1992. The Digest summarizes each case by the issues addressed and indexes the issue summaries by subject, statute and rule. Issue searches may be conducted by general topic area or by phrase within a topic area. In addition, the Digest can be searched by case name, case number or by date of opinion release.
Access the Michigan Appellate Digest search page, which allows for easy retrieval of Michigan Supreme Court and Michigan Court of Appeals opinion issue summaries. There are six search methods: Major Topics List, Subtopic Search, "Statute", Date Range, Case Name, and Docket Number.
Every opinion synopsis in the Digest has one or more issue summaries. Each issue summary is indexed by subject in the Digest's major topic and subtopics system. The Digest is prepared for the convenience of the Court staff and is provided to the public as a courtesy. It is not an authoritative statement of the Court and the Court assumes no responsibility as to the accuracy or completeness of the entries.
