Petuskey v. Cannon

Although I concur generally in the court’s pronouncement, I offer my own analysis in the hope of providing some easy-to-follow guidelines for a more harmonious interaction of the court clerk with the presiding judge of the judicial administrative district — the two constitutional officers 1 now locked in combat for the control of certain management functions in the operations of the district court.

The presiding judge has “general administrative authority” over the judicial administrative district.2 The personnel who stand subordinate to this authority, which is subject to the Supreme Court’s…