Legal Opinion
Daraban v. Township of Redford
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 4, 1970No. Calendar 31, Docket 52,337PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This is a suit in equity; not an action for mandamus (as in Brae Burn, Inc., v. City of Bloomfield Hills [1957], 350 Mich 425). Its purpose is that of having declared invalid the application to plaintiff’s platted lots of a township zoning ordinance classifying those lots as B-l (single family residence). The defendants concede that such a restrictive classification cannot validly be applied to the lots. This means that the plaintiff was and now is entitled to the relief sought by him. Such relief is the adjudged right to use his property as he pleases subject only to other presumptively…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Brae Burn, Inc. v. City of Bloomfield HillsMichigan Supreme Court · 1957
- Christine Building Co. v. City of TroyMichigan Supreme Court · 1962
- Long v. City of Highland ParkMichigan Supreme Court · 1950
- Roll v. City of TroyMichigan Supreme Court · 1963
- Dequindre Development Co. v. Charter Township of WarrenMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Schwartz v. City of FlintMichigan Supreme Court · 1986
- Ed Zaagman, Inc. v. City of KentwoodMichigan Supreme Court · 1979
- Schwartz v. City of FlintMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982
- Jott, Inc v. Clinton Charter TownshipMichigan Court of Appeals · 1997
- Belkin v. City of BirminghamMichigan Court of Appeals · 1978
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