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ATTORNEY GENERAL v. RILEY

Docket No. 70876, (Calendar No. 1).

417 Mich. 119 (1983)

332 N.W.2d 353

ATTORNEY GENERAL v. RILEY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided February 11, 1983.

Decided on reconsideration February 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Thomas L. Casey, Michael J. Moquin, and Donald E. Erickson, Assistants Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Buesser, Buesser, Snyder & Black (by Frederick G. Buesser, III) for Justice Riley.

Amicus Curiae:

James J. White for Governor Milliken.

WILLIAMS, C.J.

This is a case of first impression. It concerns the interpretation of art 6, § 23 of the 1963 Michigan Constitution, as amended. It also requires consideration of art 6, § 2. The issue is whether a Governor can appoint to fill a Supreme Court justice vacancy not only for a part of the term in which the vacancy occurs, but also for a part of the next succeeding term. Specifically, the issue is whether "the remainder of the unexpired term" as...

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