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Mary Lynn Taylor v. Michigan, et al.

IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Michigan, No. 369726 · judgment September 26, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025

Question presented

Did the implementation of Michigan’s School Denial Period create an established property interest, and/or an economic liberty interest for Appellant, due to an established nine (9) month contractual obligation of employment with Petitioner’s employer, given the fact that Petitioner was prohibited from receiving UIA benefits during her traditional summer break, where she was required to have earnings separate from the public-school system, during her three (3) month summer break? IL Question Presented Is Act 451 of 1976-THE REVISED SCHOOL CODE, in part, unconstitutional and in violation of Appellant’s Fourteenth Amendment Due Process rights, Equal Protection rights, Economic Liberty rights, Personal Property rights, and a nine (9) month Contractual Obligation, when and where the statute is applied through a new calendar? III. Question Presented Do the actions of Michigan’s Department of Education, or any officials in positions appointed by the Department of Education, violate Appellant’s Fourteenth Amendment rights, when offering school districts waivers to bypass state law (school start date), for more than eighteen years, while creating and financially supporting new calendars, that take and convert a public-school employee’s (Petitioner’s), time and earnings, for the state’s own use, based on Act 451 of 1976- The Revised School Code?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mary L. Taylor

For respondent
Ann Maurine Sherman
Michigan Department of Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Nov 24 2025
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Nov 05 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
  3. Oct 21 2025
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Aug 21 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  6. Jul 22 2025
    Waiver of right of respondents State of Michigan, Michigan Department of Education, and Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency to respond filed.
  7. Apr 09 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 18, 2025)