Legal Opinion
CHARTER TWP. OF MERIDIAN v. City of East Lansing
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 1980No. Docket 49881PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D. E. Holbrook, Jr., J.
The instant case involves a so-called "pistol zone” annexation matter. Some years ago Michigan State University was annexed to the City of East Lansing; subsequently, the University built new dormitories. As it turned out the line dividing the annexed portions of the University campus from those portions which remained in the Charter Township of Meridian ran through the dormitories, so that some university students living inches from one another were required to vote in different municipalities. On July 26, 1979, petitions were presented to the Ingham County Clerk…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- People v. Walter JohnsonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1978
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