MCBA Holiday Party scheduled next week
The Macomb County Bar Association has scheduled its annual holiday party for Friday, December 14 at Villa Penna on Hayes in Sterling Heights.
The event, which begins at 6 p.m., features dinner, dancing, entertainment and the Foundation raffle drawing.
There will be a cash bar. Formal attire is appropriate. The cost is $25 for members, $35 for non-members.
Reservations can be made by calling 586.468.2940 or by visiting MacombBar.org.
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Affirmative action ruling review sought
LANSING (AP) — State Attorney General William Schuette has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling declaring the state’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional.
Michigan voters in 2006 amended the Michigan Constitution to ban use of race in choosing students. But last month, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the amendment presents an extraordinary burden to opponents and undermines the Equal Protection Clause’s guarantee in the U.S. Constitution that “all citizens ought to have equal access to the tools of political change.”
In his petition filed with the court last week, Schuette said the appeals court misapplied equal protection precedents.
He said he also wants the high court to “consider whether a state’s decision to require equal treatment in higher-education admissions violates equal protection.”
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Court strikes down law tied to beverage deposits
LANSING (AP) — A federal appeals court has struck down a Michigan law that makes beverage companies put a special mark on returnable cans and bottles sold in the state.
The court said recently Michigan is illegally affecting interstate commerce by dictating where cans and bottles can be distributed. That’s because the law says containers with a special Michigan mark can only be sold in Michigan and states that also require deposits.
Failure to comply is a crime.
The law was approved in 2008 in an attempt to stop people from buying beverages in other states, then redeeming the containers in Michigan for the dime deposit.
The appeals court said there may be other ways to crack down on the problem, including a receipt to prove a Michigan purchase
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Builder sentenced to up to 10 years in prison
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A builder accused of taking $165,000 from his clients without finishing or even starting construction projects is going to prison.
A judge recently sentenced Greg Jarrard to between seven and 10 years in prison, the maximum allowed under a plea deal.
Defense attorneys said the 37-year-old didn’t intend to cheat anyone but got in over his head and suffered from undiagnosed depression.
Jarrard was accused of defrauding more than 20 customers.
Jarrard’s voice wavered as he addressed the victims before he was sentenced. He said he was ashamed for what he had done and apologized for causing pain and hardship.
He pleaded guilty to five counts of larceny in September.
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