Wrapping up the 2017-2018 Session: Our Final Legislative Tracker, to December 31, 2018

Wrapping up the 2017-2018 Session: Our Final Legislative Tracker, to December 31, 2018

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We are just now, at the end of the first week of January 2019, catching our breath from the frenetic and consequential “lame duck” session of the Michigan Legislature. The 2019-20 session will begin on January 9, 2019. Before we … Continued

Update, Smith v City of Detroit: US 6th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Police Dog Shooting

Update, Smith v City of Detroit: US 6th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Police Dog Shooting

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“We emphasize, however, that even if the Officers had knowledge that the dogs were unlicensed, they still would not have been authorized to shoot them on the basis that they were contraband.” —Smith v City of Detroit, 6th Circuit Court … Continued