Mayor of Cadillac v. Blackburn

Fetitioner, the mayor of the city of Cadillac, appeals by leave granted the trial court’s ruling that it would hear and decide the mayor’s petition for removal of respondent as a civil service commissioner under 1935 PA 78, MCL 38.501 et seq., by determining whether the mayor proved the allegations in his removal petition by the preponderance of the *514evidence.1 The mayor argues that the trial court’s ruling provides for review de novo of the mayor’s administrative decision, contrary to the review provided for in Const 1963, art 6, § 28, and would also violate the doctrine of the separation of…