City of Ann Arbor v. Michigan

Defendants appeal as of right from the trial court’s June 17, 1982, grant of summary judgment in plaintiffs’ favor.

On March 18, 1981, plaintiffs, municipal corporations and taxpayers, filed identical complaints in the Court of Claims and in Washtenaw County Circuit Court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. They alleged that plaintiff municipal corporations all provided fire protection services to all property within their boundaries, and that they were required by law to provide such service to all such property, whether public or private. State-owned property is located within the…