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The Michigan Chamber of Commerce, the Michigan Education Association and the Michigan Teamsters have asked the Michigan Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court decision that allows local prosecutors to investigate criminal campaign finance act violations, The Traverse City Record Eagle reports.
In 2008 Meijer acknowledged that it had illegally funded front groups in an attempt [...]

With the Michigan Supreme Court currently considering the question of whether the Grand Traverse County Prosecutor can bring criminal charges against Meijer for violating the election laws, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision yesterday striking down limits on corporate spending eliminates the most serious criminal charge that could be brought against the company. The Traverse City [...]

Pending criminal prosecutions for executives of Michigan retail giant Meijer are on hold while the company appeals the latest ruling in a case that has gone on seemingly forever to the Michigan Supreme Court. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports:

The legal news just keeps getting worse for Meijer, Inc., the Michigan-based retail giant. Just a couple weeks after a state appeals court ruled that Meijer executives could still face criminal charges stemming from election law violations for which the company has already paid out nearly $1.7 million in fines and settlements, the company is [...]

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that Meijer can be prosecuted criminally for violations of state campaign laws, overturning a lower court ruling to the contrary. This is the latest development in a complex series of court cases involving the retail giant’s illegal and secret backing of a recall referendum in Acme Township after [...]

DETROIT — For those living inside the city limits where grocery stores and retail chains are hard to come by, the prospect of a superstore where one can purchase everything from fresh groceries office supplies within the city limits is fantastic. After all, finding fresh, high-quality produce in Michigan’s largest city is difficult if [...]

The seemingly endless lawsuit between a group of former Acme Township officials against Meijer and the development company Village of Grand Traverse LLC has finally come to an end, settled for $1.5 million. Each former official was to receive $300,000 under the agreement approved by the judge on Wednesday.

In the latest chapter of the ongoing legal saga between Meijer and officials in Acme Township, a state court has rejected Meijer’s attempt to force the judge in the case to recuse himself due to comments he made about their attorneys.

The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Meijer, Inc., in a lawsuit involving the retail giant’s illegal effort to recall officials in Acme Township, Mich. who rejected Meijer’s plan to build a new store there. The rejection of the appeal clears the way for a damages lawsuit against Meijer to proceed.

Retail food giant Meijer has been fined over $190,000 for violating state campaign finance law in its efforts to build a super store in Grand Traverse County.

Michigan Secretary of State Terry Lynn Land announced today that Meijer has agreed to the fines which she said represent the maximum civil penalty for the campaign-finance violations that [...]