What is the structure of the civil court system?

Michigan has federal courts and state courts. Michigan’s state courts include but are not limited to a Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals, circuit courts with general jurisdiction, district courts with limited jurisdiction, probate courts and a court of claims. The Supreme Court hears appeals from the Court of Appeals, the Court of Appeals hears appeals most frequently from the circuit courts, and the circuit courts hear certain appeals from the district courts and probate courts.

Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through: Dispute Resolution 2015, (published in June 2015; contributing editor: Simon Bushell, Latham & Watkins LLP). For further information please visit www.gettingthedealthrough.com."