City of Detroit v. Qualls

434 Mich. 340 (1990)

454 N.W.2d 374

CITY OF DETROIT

v.

QUALLS

Docket No. 83408, (Calendar No. 7).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued June 7, 1989.

Decided April 3, 1990.

Donald Pailen, Corporation Counsel, Harnetha Jarrett, Assistant Corporation Counsel, and David L. Rose, Pro Hac Vice, for the City of Detroit.

Hugh M. Davis, Jr., for the defendant.

BOYLE, J.

An issue regarding the validity of a provision in an ordinance may be resolved in a forfeiture proceeding on a summary disposition motion for purposes of collateral estoppel. We find, however, that the city failed to persuade this Court that the…