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Village of Inkster v. Wayne County Supervisors

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 26, 1961No. Docket 67, Calendar 48,863PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.

(for affirmance). We scrutinize for validity statutory proceedings designed to incorporate the new home-rule city of Dearborn Heights. If the proceedings are held to be of legal force, such new city will include — coterminously—all of former Dearborn township plus an area taken from the then and now incorporated home-rule village of Inkster.

A map, appearing in the margin, was attached to the statutory petition. The north-south (heavier shaded) rectangle shown as connecting the separated parts of Dearborn township was, prior to such election, a part of the village.

The remainder of the village…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Presque Isle Prosecuting Attorney v. Township of RogersMichigan Supreme Court · 1945
  5. Bray v. StewartMichigan Supreme Court · 1927

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Township of DearbornMichigan Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Godwin Heights Public Schools v. Kent County Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Butler v. State Boundary CommissionMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. Taylor v. Township of DearbornMichigan Supreme Court · 1963

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