Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth (Betty) Weaver has died. She was 74.
Weaver was twice elected as a Republican to the state’s highest court. But her later time on the bench was marked by frequent battles with other GOP justices over the court’s operations and what she said was excessive secrecy.
Weaver resigned from the court in the summer of 2010, which – to the chagrin of Republicans – allowed then-Governor Jennifer Granholm to name a Democrat to succeed her.
Weaver lived in Leelanau County, where she served as a probate judge before she was elected to the state Court of Appeals.
