Attorney General ex rel. Department of Natural Resources v. Sanilac County Drain Commissioner

On February 6, 1987, plaintiff filed a complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief, on behalf of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, in Sanilac Circuit Court. The complaint alleged that a drainage project then in progress in the Elk Creek Drainage District was in violation of, among other things, the Inland Lakes and Streams Act. On February 11, 1987, the circuit court denied the relief sought by plaintiff. On March 4, 1987, defendants filed a counter-complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that the Elk Creek Drain was exempt from the Inland Lakes and Streams Act. On October…