CASE NAME
YEAR
WEIGHT
No Tax Exemption for Car Emissions Testing Facilities
2008
3
Court Upholds Saginaw’s Ban on Hunting
2007
2
Court Limits Standing to Prevent Bottled Water Plant from Draining Wetlands
2007
3
AG Not Allowed to Appeal Leaking Underground Storage Tank Case
2006
2
No Compensation for Victims of Toxic Dioxin Exposure
2005
4
Beach Walking on the Great Lakes Shoreline
2005
3
Court Limits Ability of “Any Person” to Protect Michigan’s Environment
2004
1
Citizens Lose Ability to Protect Environment by Challenging a Permit
2004
3
Environmental Contamination is a Factor in Eminent Domain Valuation
2003
3
New Cranberry Farm Subject to Wetland Permits
2001
1
DNR’s Burt Lake Boat Launch Subject to Local Zoning Control
1999
1
No Eminent Domain Compensation for Warren Highway Pollution
1998
2
Sand Dune Erosion Can Be Environmental Harm
1998
4
Court Invalidates Lansing Storm Water Pollution Control Fee
1998
1
Biography

Justice Clifford Taylor was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court in 1997 by Gov. John Engler (R). He was elected to the Court in 2000 and served as Chief Justice from 2005-2008. His term expired in 2008, and he was not re-elected.

Justice Taylor graduated from the University of Michigan and George Washington University Law School. He served in the Navy for three years before becoming an assistant prosecuting attorney for Ingham County. He was in private practice for 20 years with the Denfield, Timmer and Taylor law firm before Gov. Engler appointed him to the Michigan Court of Appeals in 1992.

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