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2002 L. Rev. M.S.U.-D.C.L. 933 (2002)
Michigan's Civil Retroactivity Jurisprudence: A Proposed Framework

handle is hein.journals/mslr2002 and id is 949 raw text is: COMMENT: MICHIGAN'S CIVIL RETROACTIVITY JURISPRUDENCE: A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK Brian Quinn* 2002 L. REv. M.S.U.-D.C.L. 933 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................ 934 I. BACKGROUND ........................................... 936 A. A Little Perspective .................................. 936 B. Competing Principles of Retroactivity Jurisprudence ....... 938 C. Michigan Retroactivity Cases .......................... 940 1. Dearborn Fire Fighters Union Local No. 412 v. City of Dearborn ........................... 940 2. Tebo v. Havlik ................................... 941 3. Washtenaw County v. State Tax Commission ........... 944 4. Bolt v. City of Lansing ............................. 945 5. Pohutski v. City ofAllen Park ....................... 946 D. The United States Supreme Court's Treatment of Retroactivity Issues ................................. 948 II. A NALYSIS ............................................. 951 A. Recognizing the Differences Between Choice of Law and Remedial Retroactivity ............................... 951 B. Choice of Law Retroactivity Issues ..................... 953 1. Cases Announcing a New Rule of Law ................ 953 a. The Balancing Approach for Cases Announcing a New Rule of Law ............................. 956 2. Cases Litigating the Retroactivity of a Previous Decision . 959 C. Remedial Retroactivity Issues .......................... 961 D. An Analytical Framework for Assessing Retroactivity Problems ............................... 963 * J.D. candidate 2003, Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law; B.S. 2000, cum laude, Wayne State University. The author would like to thank Professor C. Nicholas Revelos and colleagues Julie Rajzer and Matt Payok for their guidance and thoughtful readings of this comment. The author would also like to thank Jason C. Long, former clerk to Justice Michael F. Cavanagh and associate at Steinhardt, Pesick & Cohen P.C., for piquing the author's interest in this topic. A special thanks to my wife and family for their support.