Iroquois Properties v. City of East Lansing

Defendant, City of East Lansing, appeals a judgment of the Ingham Circuit Court in favor of plaintiffs, Iroquois Properties, a Michigan limited partnership doing business as Cedar Greens, Ville Monte Limited Partnership, a Michigan limited partnership, and 731 Limited Partnership, a Michigan limited partnership.

In this case, plaintiffs attacked the constitutionality of defendant city’s rubbish collection ordinance (ordinance 470), claiming that the ordinance violated the equal protection clauses of the Michigan and United States Constitutions.* 1 The trial court certified this matter as a…