Justice Stephen J. Markman
Term:
2000 - 2013 Justice Markman was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court in 1999 by Governor John Engler (R), and re-elected in 2000 and 2004. His term expires in 2013.
Justice Markman was appointed to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy by President Ronald Reagan, and later appointed as a United States Attorney in Michigan by President George H.W. Bush in 1989. He was elected to the Michigan Court of Appeals before being appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court, and has taught Constitutional Law at Hillsdale College since 1993.
Notable environmental cases decided by Justice Markman include...
Green Gavels Rating by Case
After Elections, Court Vacates Prior Decision to Protect AuSable Watershed
No Tax Exemption for Car Emissions Testing Facilities
No Eminent Domain Compensation for Highway Construction Effects
Court Limits Standing to Prevent Bottled Water Plant from Draining Wetlands
Court Upholds Saginaw's Ban on Hunting
AG Not Allowed to Appeal Leaking Underground Storage Tank Case
Beach Walking on the Great Lakes Shoreline
No Compensation for Victims of Toxic Dioxin Exposure
Citizens Lose Ability to Protect Environment by Challenging a Permit
Court Limits Ability of "Any Person" to Protect Michigan's Environment
Environmental Contamination is a Factor in Eminent Domain Valuation
New Cranberry Farm Subject to Wetland Permits




