Legal Opinion
Rouge Parkway Associates v. City of Wayne
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided November 19, 1985No. 73556, (Calendar No. 10)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*413Brickley, J.
The defendants appeal from a 1981
Court of Appeals affirmance of a Wayne Circuit Court summary judgment which held that a statutory one percent collection fee upon property taxes voluntarily paid before February 15 of the year following the issuance of the tax bill, MCL 211.44; MSA 7.87, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Michigan Constitution. Const 1963, art 1, § 2.
The plaintiffs, who are commercial property owners, claim that the prescribed fee, which is calculated as a percentage of their property taxes, results in their paying more than most taxpayers for a service —…
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- Shavers v. Attorney GeneralMichigan Supreme Court · 1978
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