Bishop v. Wayne Circuit Judge

Defendant Wayne Circuit Judge appeals from an order of the Court of Appeals quashing a subpoena. The subpoena directed plaintiff, a state senator, to give a pretrial discovery deposition and to produce certain documents in connection with a civil action which had been assigned to defendant. The issue before us is whether, on the facts of this case, we should judicially construe an exception for intra-session adjournments to this state’s constitutional provision granting senators and representatives immunity "from civil arrest and civil process during sessions of the legislature and for five…