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In an opinion authored by Hood, the court overturned its decision in the two previous cases, and remanded the matter of Nessel’s investigation back to the 30th Circuit Court for further proceedings. “The Michigan Consumer Protection Act was once the envy of consumer protection efforts across the nation, and today we can once again claim that mantle with these two abhorrent decisions off the books,” Nessel said in a statement. “Now, our extraordinary Consumer Protection Team can go back to helping residents who have been deceived by licensed businesses.” Justice Kyra Harris Bolden, writing in a dissent joined by Justices Richard Bernstein and Brian Zahra, the lone Republican-nominated judge, argued that the attorney general lacked standing to bring the claim. A graduate of Michigan State University, Kyle studied journalism and political science.
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