About the Court
The Michigan Court of Appeals is one of the highest volume intermediate appellate courts in the country. It was created by the 1963 Michigan Constitution and heard its first cases in January 1965. Generally, decisions from final orders of a circuit court or probate court, as well as some agency orders, may be appealed to the court as a matter of right. Other lower court or tribunal decisions may be appealed only by application for leave to appeal, i.e., with permission of the court. Read More...
Of Current Interest
Oral Argument Recordings Now Available on Website
The Michigan Court of Appeals is pleased to announce that, beginning with cases heard on its June 2019 case call, audio recordings of the Court’s oral arguments will be available on this website. To access the audio file for a particular case, go to the Case Search page and retrieve the Appellate Docket Sheet for the matter. If there was an argument in that case, you will see an entry for that date titled “Oral Argument Audio” with a link to the MP3 audio file. The entry and audio link will be available within a day or two after the conclusion of the case call session when the case was heard. If you encounter an issue accessing an audio
file, please contact the clerk’s office for assistance. However, please
note that the Court will purge the recordings after one year in order to manage
server storage space.