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THORBURN v. OAKLAND COUNTY CLERK

Calendar No. 9, Docket No. 51,394.

377 Mich. 293 (1966)

140 N.W.2d 473

THORBURN v. OAKLAND COUNTY CLERK.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 8, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Barrett, Dean G. Beier, and Charles J. Porter, for plaintiffs.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Russell A. Searl, and Luke Quinn, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Secretary of State.

Robert P. Allen, Corporation Counsel, and Hayward Whitlock, and Armand P. Deatrick, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for defendant Oakland County Clerk, Register of Deeds, and Election Commission.

Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, (David K. Page and Asher Rabinowitz, of counsel) for intervening defendants.

Amici Curiae:

Tom Downs, for the Wayne Circuit Judges.

O'HARA, J. (for affirmance).

Appellants are circuit judges. They were appointed to 2 judgeships created by PA 1963, No 179, amending PA 1961, No 236, § 507 (CLS 1961, § 600.507 [Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 27A.507]). We quote from the act:

"Sec. 507. The sixth judicial circuit consists of the county of Oakland and has 7 judges.

"Section 2. The additional offices of circuit judge created by this...

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