Legal Opinion
Lucas v. Wayne County Board of County Road Commissioners
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided January 31, 1984No. Docket 71018, 71499PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
May the elected Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a charter county having a population exceeding 1,500,000 which has adopted a charter form of government pursuant to the enabling act for charter counties, MCL 45.501 et seq.; MSA 5.302(1) et seq., remove incumbent road commissioners and make appointments to fill the vacancies thereby created? On April 26, 1983, the Circuit Court for Wayne County answered this question of first impression in the affirmative and granted summary judgment for plaintiff. On April 27, 1983, plaintiff terminated the individual defendants and appointed their…
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