No. 25-5143

Mary Lynn Taylor v. Michigan, et al.

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2025-07-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: contractual-obligation due-process economic-liberty employment-rights property-interest school-denial-period
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess Takings
Latest Conference: 2025-11-21 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the implementation of Michigan's School Denial Period create an established property interest, and/or an economic liberty interest for Appellant, due to an established nine (9) month contractual obligation of employment, given the prohibition of UIA benefits during her traditional summer break?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Did the implementation of Michigan ’s School Denial Period create an established property interest, and/or an economic liberty interest for Appellant, due to an established nine (9) month contractual obligation of employment with Petitioner ’s employer, given the fact that Petitioner was prohibited from receiving UIA benefits during her traditional summer break, where she was required to have earnings separate from the public-school system, during her three (3) month summer break? IL Question Presented Is Act 451 of 1976-THE REVISED SCHOOL CODE, in part, unconstitutional and in violation of Appellant ’s Fourteenth Amendment Due Process rights, Equal Protection rights, Economic Liberty rights, Personal Property rights, and a nine (9) month Contractual Obligation, when and where the statute is applied through a new calendar? III. Question Presented Do the actions of Michigan ’s Department of Education, or any officials in positions appointed by the Department of Education, violate Appellant ’s Fourteenth Amendment rights, when offering school districts waivers to bypass state law (school start date), for more than eighteen years, while creating and financially supporting new calendars, that take and convert a public-school employee ’s (Petitioner ’s), time and earnings, for the state ’s own use, based on Act 451 of 1976The Revised School Code? 1

Docket Entries

2025-11-24
Rehearing DENIED.
2025-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-10-21
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-22
Waiver of right of respondents State of Michigan, Michigan Department of Education, and Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency to respond filed.
2025-04-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 18, 2025)

Attorneys

Mary L. Taylor
Mary L. Taylor — Petitioner
State of Michigan, Michigan Department of Education, and Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency
Ann Maurine ShermanMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent