Legal Opinion
MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. City of Detroit
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided June 3, 1981No. Docket 45515PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtT. M. Burns, P.J.
The defendant City of Detroit comes before this Court appealing an April 27, 1979, lower court order granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiff on stipulated damages of $276,126.45. We reverse.
On September 4, 1970, and July 13, 1973, the Detroit Common Council passed two resolutions that vacated certain streets in the City of Detroit for construction of a sewage treatment facility. On the streets and alleys that were to be vacated pursuant to these resolutions, plaintiff, Michigan Bell, owned several facilities.
Qn May 26, 1974, plaintiff filed a complaint in the Wayne County Circuit…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- City of Detroit v. Michigan Public Utilities CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
- Central Maine Power Co. v. Waterville Urban Renewal AuthoritySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1971
- City of Lansing v. Michigan Power Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1914
- City of Niles v. Michigan Gas & Electric Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1935
- New York Telephone Co. v. City of BinghamtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
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3Cited by5 opinions
- City of Taylor v. Detroit Edison Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 2006
- City & County of Denver v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Detroit Edison Co. v. Southeastern Michigan Transportation AuthorityMichigan Court of Appeals · 1987
- Detroit Edison Co. v. City of DetroitMichigan Court of Appeals · 1989
- City of Taylor v. Detroit Edison Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 2006