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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2421d

Judicial review of final action in contested case; award of costs and fees; finding.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.2421d Judicial review of final action in contested case; award of costs and fees; finding.

Sec. 2421d.

    If the court awards costs and fees to a prevailing party upon judicial review of the final action of a presiding officer in a contested case pursuant to section 125 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being section 24.325 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the court shall award those costs and fees provided for in section 123 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being section 24.323 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, if the court finds that the position of the state involved in the contested case was frivolous.

History: Add. 1984, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2021 · leading case: Widdoes v. Detroit Public Schools
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Widdoes v. Detroit Public Schools (1996) michctapp · cites it 4× “2421 (4) provides: If the court awards costs and fees to a prevailing party upon judicial review of the final action of a presiding officer in a contested case pursuant to . . . section 24.325 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the court shall award those costs and fees provided for…”
Grass Lake Improvement Board v. Department of Environmental Quality (2016) michctapp “” MCL 600.2421d; see also Widdoes, 218 Mich App at 289 .”
Joseph Ayotte v. Department of Health and Human Services (2021) michctapp · cites it 12× “Plaintiff argued that the circuit court had the authority to enter such an award under MCL 600.2421d because defendant’s position was frivolous, under MCR 7.”
Grass Lake Improvement Board v. Dept of Environmental Quality (2016) michctapp “” MCL 600.2421d; Widdoes, 218 Mich App at 289 .”
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