Legal Opinion
Detroit Edison Co. v. City of Wixom
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 1969No. Calendar 25, Docket 51,983PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
T. E. Brénnan, 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 vast new urbanization and the demands of people for local determination of their own environment.
Recently, this' Court ended a decade of controversy over the location of an interstate highway.1 In this case of Wixom and the Detroit Edison Company, we decide another “routing” controversy. The history of the lawsuit is in the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Cady v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
- Gruber v. Mayor and Tp. Committee of Raritan Tp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1962
- Gust v. Township of CantonMichigan Supreme Court · 1955
- Adams v. Kalamazoo Ice & Fuel Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1928
- Sandenburgh v. Michigamme Oil Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1930
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Bonner v. City of BrightonMichigan Supreme Court · 2014
- City of Livonia v. Department of Social ServicesMichigan Supreme Court · 1985
- Bristow v. City of WoodhavenMichigan Court of Appeals · 1971
- Dearden v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1978
- Bevan v. Brandon TownshipMichigan Supreme Court · 1991
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