Legal Opinion
Herrick District Library v. Library of Michigan
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided August 16, 2011No. Docket No. 300393PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaad, J.
I. NATURE OF THE CASE
The Michigan Supreme Court recently addressed the issue of whether citizens who pay taxes to support their local library are obliged by the Michigan Constitution to provide identical services or library privileges to citizens of another jurisdiction who do not pay any taxes or fees for these library services. Goldstone v Bloomfield Twp Pub Library, 479 Mich 554; 737 NW2d 476 (2007). In unambiguously answering this question in the negative, our Supreme Court interpreted our Constitution’s library provisions and constitutional history to say quite the opposite. That is, our…
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