U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Just Compensation In Tax Foreclosure Cases
The Supreme Court of the United States held that when a tax foreclosure auction is conducted fairly, the proper baseline for measuring just compensation after a tax sale is the auction sale price, not the property’s hypothetical fair market value. The Court vacated the lower court’s decision and remanded for further proceedings consistent with its opinion.
Appeals Court: Social Workers Who Abuse Are Not Mandated To Report The Incidents
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that requiring a social worker who abuses a child to report that abuse under the Child Protection Law violates the social worker’s right against self-incrimination.
Requiring Father To Admit To Drug Use To Avoid Termination Does Not Violate Father's Fifth Amendment Rights
The Trial Court did not clearly err when it determined termination of Respondent-Father’s parental rights was appropriate under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j) and that termination was in the minor child, KS’, best interests.
Michigan Man Spent 40 Years In Prison For Murder He Did Not Commit
Ledura Watkins was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1976. A Detroit jury found him guilty based on a single piece of evidence: a strand of hair allegedly found on the victim’s pants.
Trial Court Violated Father’s Fifth Amendment Right By Condition Reunification On His Child Abuse Admission
The father in Blakeman was being kept out of his home and away from his four children pursuant to an Ingham County trial court order, which was contrary to the recommendations of CPS.