Legal Opinion
Metro Homes, Inc. v. City of Warren
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided October 29, 1969No. Docket 5,803PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtV. J. Brennan, J.
This appeal involves a municipal corporation’s effort to retain money collected under an unconstitutional resolution.
On January 13, 1959, the Warren city council created by resolution a “sewer tap charge” applicable to all subsequently built structures connected to the city’s sewage system. Existing structures were exempted from the charge, however, and certain builders therefore challenged the resolution’s 1 constitutionality, seeking recovery of the fees they had paid under it. This litigation culminated in the decision titled Beauty Built Construction Corporation v. City of Warren (1965),…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Forbes Pioneer Boat Line v. Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Danforth v. Groton Water Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Hansen-Snyder Co. v. General Motors Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1963
- Briggs v. Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- S. S. & O. Corp. v. Township of Bernards Sewerage AuthoritySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
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