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MALDONADO v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Docket No. 126274.

719 N.W.2d 809 (2006)

Justine MALDONADO, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee and Daniel P. Bennett, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

July 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scheff & Washington, P.C. (by George B. Washington and Miranda K.S. Massie), Detroit, for the plaintiff.

Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy & Pelton, P.L.C. (by Elizabeth Hardy and Julia Turner Baumhart) (Patricia J. Boyle, of counsel), and Robert W. Powell, Birmingham, Birmingham, Dearborn, for Ford Motor Company.

Michael J. Steinberg, Kary L. Moss, and Christine Chabot, Detroit, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan.

CORRIGAN, J.

In this case we consider the essential authority of trial courts to control the proceedings before them. The issue in this case pertains to the extent of a trial court's authority to govern the conduct of counsel and their clients in court proceedings. Where the Michigan Constitution authorizes us to make rules to govern court proceedings, the authority to enforce those rules inescapably follows. At the heart of preserving an organized polity, we must...

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