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Michigan State Employees Ass'n v. Department of Mental Health

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 29, 1985No. 70418, (Calendar No. 4)PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBoyle, J.

We granted leave in this case to consider the appropriate standards for granting preliminary injunctions in civil service employee discharge cases. Our holding addresses the required showing of irreparable injury necessary to support the issuance of a preliminary injunction in such cases.

I. Facts

Plaintiff Lyn Jones is a state civil servant who supports herself and her son by working as a registered nurse in the children’s unit of the Clinton Valley Center, an inpatient facility operated by defendant Michigan Department of Mental Health. On September 13, 1980, while plaintiff was the nurse in…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  2. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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  4. Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Arnett v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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