Legal Opinion
Van Slooten v. Larsen
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 1980No. Docket Nos. 62256, 61917. (Calendar Nos. 7, 8)PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, C.J.
The issue in these cases is the constitutionality of the dormant mineral act, MCL 554.291 et seq.; MSA 26.1163(1) et seq., 1 as applied to these oil and gas interests created prior to the passage of the act in 1963. In Bickel v Fairchild, 83 Mich App 467; 268 NW2d 881 (1978), the Court of Appeals held that the act unconstitutionally impaired the obligation of contract. In Van Slooten v Larsen, 86 Mich App 437; 272 NW2d 675 (1978), another panel of the Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the act. We hold that the act does not unconstitutionally impair the obligations of contracts…
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