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Licensed Michigan attorneys should use Michigan Law Online to search Michigan Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions as it offers more opinions and greater searching ability than the e-Journal opinion collection. Michigan Law Online is brought to you by the State Bar of Michigan and ICLE. Access Michigan Law Online

What resources does Michigan Law Online include?

• Michigan Supreme Court opinions from 1942 to the present
• Michigan Supreme Court orders from 1966 to the present
• Michigan Court of Appeals published opinions from 1965 forward (since the inception of the Court of Appeals)
• Unpublished Court of Appeals cases from July 1996 forward (as PDF files)
• Current Michigan Court Rules and amending orders from 1995
• Current Michigan Rules of Evidence and amending orders from 1995
• Michigan Rules of Professional Responsibility links to other Michigan primary law resources, such as the Michigan Legislature

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