Legal Opinion
Levy v. City of Pontiac
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided September 5, 1951No. Docket 40, Calendar 45,157PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBushnell, J.
The city of Pontiac has appealed from a decree entered in the circuit court for the county of Oakland, based upon an opinion rendered by the 3 judges of that circuit. The trial judges held that the hereinafter quoted portion of section 5 of Ordinance No 985, adopted on August 26, 1941, was an improper exercise of the police power having “no relation to the public health, morals, welfare or safety.”
This portion of the section reads:
“No sign or placard stating the price or prices of gasoline other than such signs or placards as here inabove provided [signs not larger than 12 by 12 inches…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- New State Ice Co. v. LiebmannSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Williams v. Standard Oil Co. of La.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Sperry & Hutchinson Co. v. Director of the Division on the Necessaries of LifeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- People v. VictorMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
- Merit Oil Co. v. Director of the Division on the Necessaries of LifeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Gambone v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- State v. HobsonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1951
- Serve Yourself Gasoline Stations Ass'n v. BrockCalifornia Supreme Court · 1952
- A & H TRANSP. INC. v. Mayor and City Council of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1968
- Arlan's Department Stores, Inc. v. Attorney GeneralMichigan Supreme Court · 1964
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