Legal Opinion
Northview Construction Co. v. City of St. Clair Shores
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided February 20, 1973No. Docket 11641PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Valkenburg, J.
The subject matter of this appeal, certain building-permit fees, has been the genesis of continuing litigation at all levels of the court system of this state for a period of more than 12 years. In order to put this chapter of the saga in proper prospective, a brief review of the prior litigation is necessary.
In 1959 our Supreme Court rendered its decision in Merrelli v St Clair Shores, 355 Mich 575 (1959), holding that two ordinances enacted by defendant city in 1954 and 1956, relative to collection of certain building fees, were invalid. The Court held that the revenue derived from the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Walker v. City of HutchinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Cortright v. ResorDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1971
- Merrelli v. City of St. Clair ShoresMichigan Supreme Court · 1959
- Snyder v. Board of Trustees of University of IllinoisDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1968
- Beachlawn Building Corp. v. City of St. Clair ShoresMichigan Supreme Court · 1963
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Oakwood Homeowners Ass'n v. Ford Motor Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1977
- Northview Construction Co. v. City of St. Clair ShoresMichigan Supreme Court · 1975
- Citizens for Pre-Trial Justice v. GoldfarbMichigan Court of Appeals · 1979
- Grigg v. Michigan National BankMichigan Court of Appeals · 1976
- Northview Construction Co. v. CITY OF ST CLAIR SHORESMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
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