Justice Marilyn Kelly Elected Chief Justice

In a vote that signals the days of a splintered Michigan Supreme Court are far from over, a 4-3 majority chose Marilyn Kelly to serve as chief justice for the next two years. Republican Justices Maura D. Corrigan, Robert P. Young Jr. and Stephen J. Markman -- the remainder of what Weaver had previously dubbed the "majority of four" -- dissented. The fourth member of the group had been Clifford W. Taylor, who was chief justice when he lost his re-election bid to the court's newest justice, Diane M. Hathaway, in November.