Legal Opinion
Continental Motors Corp. v. Township of Muskegon
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 28, 1961No. Docket 10, Calendar 49,003PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSouris, J.
Challenged here is a 1959 Muskegon township ad valorem tax levied against Continental Motors Corporation as possessor and user of machinery and other equipment, title to which was in the Federal government. City of Detroit v. Murray Corporation of America, 355 US 489 (78 S Ct 458 and 486, 2 L ed 2d 441 and 460), reversing (CCA 6) 234 F2d 380, stands at the threshold of this case, for the defendant township relies upon the authority of that decision to support its contention that Michigan’s general property tax act 1 authorized in 1959 a tax upon the right to possess or use property owned by…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdorySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- United States v. City of DetroitSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- City of Detroit v. Murray Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. Township of MuskegonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- C. F. Smith Co. v. FitzgeraldMichigan Supreme Court · 1935
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3Cited by26 opinions
- People v. TurnerMichigan Supreme Court · 1973
- Consolidated Diesel Electric Corp. v. City of StamfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
- People v. DerrorMichigan Supreme Court · 2006
- Continental Motors Corp. v. Township of MuskegonMichigan Supreme Court · 1965
- Hardy v. MaxheimerMichigan Supreme Court · 1987
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