Wolf v. City of Detroit

In this original action, 1 plaintiff, Laurence G. Wolf, doing business as Laurence Wolf Properties (Wolf), seeks a declaration that a new solid waste inspection fee charged by the city of Detroit to the owners of certain commercial and industrial properties constitutes a disguised tax. Wolf asserts that if the new solid waste inspection fee is a disguised tax, then it violates § 31 2 of the Michigan Constitution’s Headlee Amendment 3 because the city imposed the tax without a vote of its electorate. Applying the criteria that the Michigan Supreme Court established in Bolt v City of Lansing; 4…