Legal Opinion
Dettore v. Brighton Township
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided August 6, 1979No. Docket 78-729PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtW. Van Valkenburg, J.
The parties to this litigation are now before us for the second time, raising new issues whose resolution will hopefully end this lengthy zoning dispute. See this Court’s prior opinion in Dettore v Brighton Twp, 58 Mich App 652; 228 NW2d 508 (1975).
Plaintiff Dettore owns a 70-acre parcel of land in defendant Brighton Township. * 1 With defendant’s permission, plaintiff has for several years operated a sand and gravel mine on his land, a pre-existing nonconforming use in an area now zoned R-l residential.
On June 4, 1973, plaintiff obtained a license from the Department of Natural Resources to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- City of Philadelphia v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Kropf v. City of Sterling HeightsMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
- Kirk v. Tyrone TownshipMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
- Ed Zaagman, Inc. v. City of KentwoodMichigan Supreme Court · 1979
- Armstrong v. Ross TownshipMichigan Court of Appeals · 1978
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. KnightenWashington Supreme Court · 1988
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- Duke City Lumber Co. v. New Mexico Environmental Improvement DivisionNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1983
- In Re PullmanWashington Supreme Court · 2009
- In re the Personal Restraint of PullmanWashington Supreme Court · 2009
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