Oppenhuizen v. City of Zeeland

Plaintiffs filed a complaint for declaratory judgment and injunction in circuit court against defendant City of Zeeland on September 22, 1978, challenging an ordinance which prohibited the sale of liquor within the city. The circuit judge ruled the challenged section of the ordinance was preempted by state law and was thus void. Defendant appeals as of right.

The parties submitted the case on the following stipulated statement of facts:

"The plaintiffs, Emeline Oppenhuizen and Kemma J. Sneller, residents of the City of Zeeland, applied to the State of Michigan, Department of Commerce, Liquor…