Legal Opinion
Bob-Lo Excursion Co. v. Michigan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 2, 1948No. 374PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rutledge
Bois Blanc Island is part of the Province of Ontario, Canada. It lies just above the mouth of the Detroit River, some fifteen miles from Michigan’s metropolis upstream. The island, known in Detroit by the corruption “Bob-Lo,” has been characterized as that city’s Coney Island.
Appellant owns almost all of Bois Blanc in fee.1 For many years it has operated the island, during the summer seasons, as a place of diverse amusements for Detroit’s varied population. Appellant also owns and operates two steamships for transporting its patrons of the island’s attractions from Detroit to Bois Blanc and…
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3Cited by79 opinions
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