DEARDEN v. CITY OF DETROIT

Docket No. 58974, (Calendar No. 18).

403 Mich. 257 (1978)

269 N.W.2d 139

DEARDEN v. CITY OF DETROIT

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Solomon H. Bienenfeld, First Assistant Attorney General, and Mark E. Blumer, Assistant Attorney General, for intervening plaintiff.

Roger E. Craig, Corporation Counsel, and John F. Hathaway and William B. Beach, Assistants Corporation Counsel, for defendant.


Decided August 30, 1978. Rehearing denied post, p. 957.

RYAN, J.

This case requires us to determine whether the Michigan Department of Corrections is subject to the regulation of a municipal zoning ordinance when the department is leasing an existing facility for use as a neighborhood pre-release center. We hold it is not subject to the zoning ordinance.

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Plaintiff archdiocese has owned the property...

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