Lee v. MacOmb County Board of Commissioners

In these separate putative class actions, plaintiffs sought to compel defendants’ implementation and compliance with the mandates of the veterans’ relief fund act, MCL 35.21 et seq.; MSA 4.1051 et seq., and sought damages for those years during which defendants had either not implemented or not been in compliance with the act. In Docket No. 183567, the circuit court granted summary disposition in favor of the Macomb County defendants on the basis that the Lee plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge Macomb County’s alleged failure to comply with the act’s requirements, and that, in any event,…