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A judge ordered that the recount be started Monday at noon. | Getty Dueling court orders issued in Jill Stein Michigan recount

A Michigan court and a federal court of appeals on Tuesday issued dueling orders on Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein's recount push in the state.

The dueling ruling resulted in Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette taking the recount case back to U.S. District Court Judge Mark Goldsmith, who on Monday issued an order that started the recount on that day at noon.

On Tuesday evening the Michigan Court of Appeals directed the state's Board of Canvassers to denysuffer irreparable harm without a TRO," said the court's order, joined by Judges Eric Clay and Bernice Donald.

"This is a severe burden, and requires us to closely scrutinize the justifications put forward for the waiting period. As the district court correctly recognized, the justification put forward by Defendants—that the waiting period allows for judicial review before the state spends resources on a recount—is simply not compelling enough to justify de facto nullifying Plaintiffs’ right to invoke the recount procedures afforded them under Michigan law," the court's majority said.

As a result both Stein's campaign and the Schuette's office released statements hailing one of the rulings.

"Today, Trump and his GOP allies in Michigan tried everything in the book to stop the recount, and they failed. This recount is continuing in