Bois Blanc Island Township v. Natural Resources Commission

The Department of Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Commission appeal as of right from an order entered in the circuit court remanding these consolidated cases to the dnr for a contested-case hearing as provided in the Administrative Procedures Act, MCL 24.201 et seq.; MSA 3.560(101) et seq. Plaintiffs are cities, villages and townships which individually have been operating sanitary landfills on undedicated, state-owned lands for several years. On appeal, the question facing this Court is whether the dnr may summarily, without notice, reason or a hearing, terminate plaintiffs’…