Legal Opinion
Winter v. Royal Oak City Manager
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 8, 1947No. Calendar No. 43,528PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBushnell, J.
Plaintiffs are paid members of the Royal Oak city fire department. Some of them are property owners and taxpayers. Royal Oak received its charter as a home-rule city on November 8, 1921. Under the provisions of section 4i of the home-rule act (Act No. 279, Pub. Acts 1909, as amended, [1 Comp. Laws 1929, § 2228 et seq., Stat. Ann. §5.2071 et seq.]), a city may provide in its charter “for a system of civil service.”
In 1935 the Legislature provided in Act No. 78 that:
“Within 30 days after this act shall take effect there may be created a civil service commission in each city, village or…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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3Cited by18 opinions
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