Michael F. Cavanagh (born October 21, 1940 in

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) is former justice of the

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. He is a younger brother of

Jerome Cavanagh Jerome Patrick Cavanagh (June 16, 1928 – November 27, 1979) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1962 to 1970. Initially seen as another John F. Kennedy, his reputation was doomed by the 1967 riots. He w ...

who was

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in the 1960s. He previously served as a judge on the

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from 1975 to 1982. Before that, he served as

Lansing Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, making ...

City Attorney and as a District Court judge. Cavanagh served as chief justice from 1991 to 1995. In November 2018, his daughter,

Megan Cavanagh Megan Cavanagh (born November 8, 1960) is an American actress, who is best known for portraying Marla Hooch in ''A League of Their Own'' and the voice of Judy Neutron in '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' and '' The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy G ...

, was elected as an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and became the first child to have joined her parent as a member of the Court since 1857.

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