Legal Opinion
Detroit Edison Co. v. City of Wixom
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided June 3, 1968No. Docket 1,313PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJ. H. Gillis, J.
The troublesome issue presented by this appeal is whether the legislature has granted exclusive authority to the public service commission to regulate public electric utilities so as to preclude a local government from attempting such regulation through its duly enacted zoning ordinances.
Factually the case is very simple as it comes to this Court. In 1955, the plaintiff, The Detroit Edison Company, realized a need to expand its services and in so doing- to run a high voltage electrical transmission line from its plant in St. Clair, Michigan, to its plant in Monroe, Michigan. Plaintiff *222purchase…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of DetroitSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1946
- Huron Portland Cement Co. v. Public Service CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1958
- City of Howell v. KaalMichigan Supreme Court · 1954
- Gust v. Township of CantonMichigan Supreme Court · 1953
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Detroit Edison Co. v. City of WixomMichigan Supreme Court · 1969
- Marshall v. Consumers Power Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1975
- Detroit Edison Co. v. Township of RichmondMichigan Court of Appeals · 1986
- Detroit Edison Co. v. City of WixomMichigan Supreme Court · 1969
- Detroit Edison Co. v. City of WixomMichigan Supreme Court · 1969
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