Legal Opinion
Muskegon Area Rental Ass'n v. City of Muskegon
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 2001No. Docket 118416PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
A Muskegon city ordinance provides that before a residential dwelling may be rented, all past due property taxes on the property must be paid. The plaintiffs, who are owners of rental property within the city, brought this action challenging the validity of the ordinance on various grounds. The circuit court granted summary disposition for the city on all the plaintiffs’ claims, but the Court of Appeals reversed in part, finding that the ordinance violated the Equal Protection Clauses of US Const, Am XIV, and Const 1963, art 1, § 2.
We conclude that the ordinance does not violate equal…
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- Kropf v. City of Sterling HeightsMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
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