Detroit City Council v. Stecher

430 Mich. 74 (1988)

421 N.W.2d 544

DETROIT CITY COUNCIL

v.

STECHER

Docket No. 79368, (Calendar No. 3).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued November 3, 1987.

Decided March 18, 1988.

Colista, Urso, Adams & Dettmer, P.C. (by F. Philip Colista and Robert W. Palmer), for the plaintiffs.

Donald Pailen, Corporation Counsel, and Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn (by James K. Robinson, Jay E. Brant, and Lore A. Rogers) for the defendant.

ARCHER, J.

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