Woll v. Attorney General

On April 1, 1976, plaintiff commenced an action for a declaratory judgment 1 that the Michigan statute 2 prohibiting solicitation of personal injury claims was unconstitutional. He claimed that since he and his law firm represent persons suffering injury by accident, including workmen’s compensation claims, an actual controversy existed between himself and defendants by reason of a grand jury investigation then in progress.

Defendants filed an answer and motion for accelerated and/or summary judgment, claiming that there was no "actual controversy”. However, this motion was rendered moot when,…