Legal Opinion
Township of Muskegon v. Continental Motors Corp.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided January 14, 1957No. Docket 19, Calendar 46,679PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This case is a direct descendant of Continental Motors Corporation v. Township of Muskegon, ante, 141. It marks the second and separate effort of a corporation hailing from Virginia and doing business for profit in Muskegon township to find legal means of transferring its more than substantial share of the cost of local government to the shoulders of local payers of property taxes.
The property known in the records of both cases as Plancor 166 was deeded May 6, 1953 by RPC to the United States with result that on the next ensuing tax day (January 1, 1954) Plancor 166 eoneededly became and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- United States v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1956
3Cited by13 opinions
- United States v. Township of MuskegonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- City of Gaylord v. Gaylord City ClerkMichigan Supreme Court · 1966
- Continental Motors Corp. v. Township of MuskegonMichigan Supreme Court · 1965
- Continental Motors Corp. v. Township of MuskegonMichigan Supreme Court · 1961
- Rockwell Spring & Axle Co. v. Romulus TownshipMichigan Supreme Court · 1962
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