Petersen v. Magna Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that ambiguity exists “‘when a statute is capable of being understood by reasonably well-informed persons in two or more different senses’”
• “[T]he mere fact that different justices of this Court, judges of the Court of Appeals, and trial judges disagree on the meaning of statutory language suggests that ambiguity exists.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

39 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McCORMICK v. CARRIER
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2010-07-31· cited 340×
• People v. Feezel
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2010-06-08· cited 329×
• Lansing Schools Education Ass'n v. Lansing Board of Education
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2010-07-31· cited 279×
• In re Medina
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2016-09-13· cited 164×
• People v. Lown
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2011-01-14· cited 135×
• People v. Tanner
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2014-06-23· cited 126×
• Hamed v. Wayne County
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2011-07-29· cited 124×
• Henry v. Dow Chemical Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2009-07-31· cited 124×
• Michigan Education Ass'n v. Secretary of State
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2010-12-29· cited 121×
• Catherine Puetz Md v. Spectrum Health Hospitals
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2018-04-24· cited 97×
• Potter v. McLeary
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2009-07-31· cited 95×
• 2000 Baum Family Trust v. Babel
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2010-12-29· cited 75×
• People v. Dowdy
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2011-07-11· cited 48×
• Kyser v. Kasson Twp
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2010-07-15· cited 39×
• University of Michigan Regents v. Titan Ins Agency
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2010-07-31· cited 38×
• Bezeau v. Palace Sports & Entertainment, Inc
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2010-07-31· cited 31×
• Hoover v. Michigan Mutual Insurance Company
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2009-09-25· cited 14×
• Fellows v. Michigan Commission for the Blind
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2014-05-20· cited 9×
• Michigan Education Association v. Secretary of State
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2010-12-29· cited 5×
• in Re Schwein Estate
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2016-01-12· cited 5×

Cites

232 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Pearson v. Callahan
  Supreme Court· 2009-01-21· cited 13,928×
• Roe v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 5,581×
• Monroe v. Pape
  Supreme Court· 1961-02-20· cited 4,784×
• Bailey v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1995-12-06· cited 3,526×
• Roper v. Simmons
  Supreme Court· 2005-03-01· cited 3,523×
• Payne v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-29· cited 2,492×
• United States v. Dixon
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 2,221×
• Grady v. Corbin
  Supreme Court· 1990-05-29· cited 1,620×
• Booth v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,501×
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-12· cited 1,322×
• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-23· cited 1,218×
• CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries
  Supreme Court· 2008-05-27· cited 807×
• Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public Transportation
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 779×
• Rory v. Continental Insurance
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2005-07-28· cited 747×
• Robinson v. City of Detroit
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2000-07-18· cited 662×
• Klapp v. United Insurance Group Agency, Inc
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2003-06-18· cited 660×
• Gonzales v. Oregon
  Supreme Court· 2006-01-17· cited 632×
• O'Callahan v. Parker
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-02· cited 626×