Goldstone v. Bloomfield Township Public Library

We granted leave to appeal to consider whether Const 1963, art 8, § 9, which states that public libraries “shall be available to all residents of the state,” requires each individual public library facility in Michigan to offer nonresident book-borrowing privileges.1 *557The lower courts answered this question in the negative, and we agree, although for different reasons. Therefore, we affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiff is a resident of the city of Bloomfield Hills. The city does not have its own public library, but from 1964 to November 12, 2003, had entered into a “library service…