Taxpayers & Citizens in the Public Interest v. Department of State Highways

Plaintiff, a citizen "environmentalist” organization, sued in equity to rescind the sale of "excess land” by defendant highway department to defendant Northern Michigan Inns. Defendants prevailed on the merits via summary judgment. Northern Michigan Inns then filed a motion for taxation of costs and for leave to pay and tax more than the ordinary fees for expert testimony (totaling $3,640.18). Plaintiff appeals the *387trial court’s grant of this motion, and appeals the court’s denial of plaintiffs similar motion.

Plaintiff and the Amici Curiae urge an omnibus treatment of the issues raised on…