Legal Opinion
Detroit Edison Co. v. City of Wixom
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 1969No. Calendar 25, Docket 51,983Published
1Opinion of the Court
382 Mich. 673 (1969)
172 N.W.2d 382
DETROIT EDISON COMPANY
v.
CITY OF WIXOM.
Calendar No. 25, Docket No. 51,983.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
Decided December 1, 1969.
Fischer, Sprague, Franklin & Ford (Leon R. Jones and Ralph H. Houghton, Jr., of counsel), for plaintiff.
Schnelz & Bulgarelli (Louis C. Andrews, Jr., of counsel), for defendant.
T.E. BRENNAN, C.J.
THE CASE.
This is not an easy case to state. It involves the growing conflict between the needs of a sprawling megalopolis and the rights of a single community.
It represents one facet of the late-20th century dilemma: How to balance the demands of…
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