Electri-Tech, Inc. v. H F Campbell Co.

Defendant City of Westland arbitrarily and capriciously required plaintiff Electro-Tech to cede a portion of its property to the city without compensation as a condition of obtaining a building permit. As a result, Electro-Tech was deprived of a property interest without due process.

In my opinion, the majority seriously misconstrues recent precedent from the United States Supreme Court. First, by concluding that ElectroTech’s claim is unripe for want of a "final decision” from the city regarding Electro-Tech’s right to build on its property, the majority has unjustifiably expanded the…