Legal Opinion
Cain v Department of Corrections
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 1996No. Docket Nos. 101628, 101736, Calendar No. 8PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMallett, J.
In this factually intricate case, we are asked, in an interlocutory appeal, to decide whether the judgment of the Court of Appeals, calling for the disqualification of a circuit court judge, is proper. Ingham Circuit Judge James R. Giddings1 denied the Department of Corrections’ motion to disqualify himself. Chief Circuit Judge Peter D. Houk also denied the disqualification motion. The department appealed in the Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals panel (Griffin, P.J., and D. E. Holbrook, Jr., and Weaver, JJ.), ordered that Judge Giddings be disqualified and therefore reversed the findings…
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