Butler v. State Boundary Commission

The State Boundary Commission appeals by leave granted from an Ingham County Circuit Court order remanding a petition of incorporation for a public hearing before the Boundary Commission. The Township of Muskegon petitioned the State Boundary Commission to incorporate the township into a new city. The Boundary Commission rejected the petition without a public hearing because of a legal defect in the petition; the petition included parts of the City of Musk-egon that had formerly been part of the township. The petitioners for the incorporation then sought review in the Ingham County Circuit…