Legal Opinion
Garvelink v. Detroit News
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided September 6, 1994No. Docket 141515PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJansen, P.J.
Defendants appeal by leave granted from a May 31, 1991, order of the Oakland Circuit Court denying their motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8). We reverse.
Plaintiff Roger Garvelink was the superintendent of the Birmingham school system from March 1978 through June 1990. In March 1989, the Birmingham voters were presented with a millage proposal for a $65 million bond increase. The proposal produced some controversy, apparently stemming from a redistricting decision the school board made a year earlier, and the millage was defeated. Because of the millage defeat, plaintiff…
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- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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