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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.309 (2026)
Appeals as of right; appeals by leave of court.
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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961
Act 236 of 1961
600.309 Appeals as of right; appeals by leave of court.
Sec. 309.
Except as provided in section 308, all appeals to the court of appeals from final judgments or decisions permitted by this act shall be a matter of right. All other appeals from other judgments or orders to the court of appeals permitted by statute or supreme court rule shall be by right or by leave as provided by the statute or the rules promulgated by the supreme court.
History: Add. 1964, Act 281, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1964 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1994
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 28
cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1970–2025 · leading case: Chen v. Wayne State Univ., 771 N.W.2d 820 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009).
Chen v. Wayne State Univ., 771 N.W.2d 820 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). “See MCL 600.309. Hence, this Court’s jurisdiction is generally ascertained by reference to our Supreme Court’s rules.”
People v. Pummer, 249 N.W.2d 78 (Mich. 1976). “[4] "The act of the circuit court in quashing the information in this case was a final pretrial decision of the circuit court, MCLA 600.”
City of Detroit v. Lucas, 446 N.W.2d 596 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). “Const 1963, art 6, § 10 provides that "[t]he jurisdiction of the court of appeals shall be provided by law and the practice and procedure therein shall be prescribed by rules of the supreme court.”
Lasher v. Mueller Brass Co., 221 N.W.2d 289 (Mich. 1974). “308 and MCLA 600.309; MSA 27A.309. MCLA 600.308 simply confers jurisdiction on the Court of Appeals but does not indicate when the Court must hear a case as a matter of right.”
People v. Martinez, 485 N.W.2d 124 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992). “308; MCL 600.309; MSA 27A.309; MCR 7.203(A)(1); Const 1963, art 1, § 20.”
People v. Blachura, 212 N.W.2d 182 (Mich. 1973). “" MCLA 600.309; MSA 27A.309. Nor did this Court, any more so than the Legislature, intend in adopting Rule 806 to authorize prosecutor appeals except as theretofore recognized, even though Rule 806 could be read as permitting the prosecutor to appeal any final judgment or order…”
People v. Webb, 255 N.W.2d 661 (Mich. Ct. App. 1977). “Because no elaborate refutation of the theories proffered in the majority opinion is necessary, I will briefly list, in no particular order of importance, some of the factors which entered into my decision: (1) the plain meaning of the constitutional provision presently at…”
People v. Taylor, 179 N.W.2d 260 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970). “308 and MCLA § 600.309 (Stat Ann 1970 Cum Supp §§ 27A.”
People v. Pickett, 215 N.W.2d 695 (Mich. 1974). “” 1964 PA 281 , § 309; MCLA 600.309; MSA 27A.309 states: "All appeals to the court of appeals from final judgments or decisions permitted by this act shall be a matter of right.”
People v. McCoy, 254 N.W.2d 829 (Mich. Ct. App. 1977). “” MCLA 600.309; MSA 27A.309. See also, GCR 1963, 806.”
Moore v. Ninth Dist. Judge, 244 N.W.2d 346 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976). “1, MCLA 600.309; MSA 27A.309, Cahill v Fifteenth District Judge, supra at 144.”
People v. Cooke, 355 N.W.2d 88 (Mich. 1984). “In a memorandum decision, the Court held that a pretrial order quashing an information on grounds that the statute was invalid was appealable as of right to the Court of Appeals under § 309 of the Revised Judicature Act, MCL 600.309; MSA 27A.309. Because the appeal was…”
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