Vestevich v. West Bloomfield Township

Plaintiff 1 appeals as of right from the trial court’s order granting intervention and setting aside a consent judgment. We affirm.

Plaintiff, owner of a piece of property zoned for residential purposes, commenced this action in 1988, challenging defendant’s continued enforcement of its zoning ordinance as unconstitutional. The trial court upheld the ordinance, this Court affirmed that decision on appeal, and the Supreme Court denied leave to appeal. 2 In the years that followed, plaintiff filed, but did not notice, a motion for reconsideration, and, citing that motion as pending litigation,…