Tallman v. Department of Natural Resources

Following issuance of defendant Department of Natural Resources’s orders directing a 60-day suspension of their commercial fishing licenses, plaintiffs, Roger and Kirk Tail-man, Wayne Seaman and Gerald Casey, petitioned for judicial review in circuit court. MCL 24.301 et seq.; MSA 3.560(201) et seq. The suspensions were based on plaintiffs’ refusal to allow inspections without warrants, in open water, of their fishing vessels by state conservation officers. On the authority of People v Lansing Municipal Judge, 327 Mich 410; 42 NW2d 120 (1950), and Dep’t of Natural Resources v Seaman, 396 Mich…