Schweitzer v. Board of Forensic Polygraph Examiners

These cases involve original complaints for mandamus, GCR 1963, 714, to compel the Michigan State Board of Forensic Polygraph Examiners to issue plaintiffs Schweitzer and Feist polygraph examiners licenses under the grandfather clause contained in § 9 of the Forensic Polygraph Examiners Act, 1972 PA 295; MCLA 338.1701 et seq.; MSA 18.186(1) et seq. Both plaintiffs applied for licenses under § 9 of the act, MCLA 338.1709; MSA 18.186(9), and eventually the board denied both applications.

Plaintiffs’ applications were timely filed under § 9. Neither applicant received immediate action on his…