KENT CTY. AERO. BD. v. DEPT. OF STATE POLICE

Docket Nos. 210067, 210448, 210852.

609 N.W.2d 593 (2000)

239 Mich. App. 563

KENT COUNTY AERONAUTICS BOARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE, Defendant-Appellee, and Motorola Communications and Electronics, Inc, Intervening Defendant-Appellee. Ada Township, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Department of State Police and Motorola, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Norman Byrne, Rosemary Byrne, Donald Nolte, Lee, Nolte, Richard Burton, Sue Burton, Bernard Rooker, Margaret Rooker, Arthur Vadeboncoeur, Connie Vadeboncoeur, Daniel White, Jane White, Gene McGann, Robert Scudder, Kathy Scudder, and Lil Vroma, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. State of Michigan and Department of State Police, Defendants-Appellees, and Motorola Communications and Electronics, Inc., Intervening Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided February 4, 2000, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication April 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law, Weathers & Richardson, P.C. (by Robert A. Buchanan), Grand Rapids, for Kent County Aeronautics Board.

Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, P.L.C. (by Jeffrey S. Ammon and James R. Peterson), Grand Rapids, for Ada Township.

Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, LLP (by Teresa A. Decker), Grand Rapids, for Norman Byrne and others.

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Gary L. Hicks and Darrin F. Fowler, Assistant Attorneys General, for State of Michigan and Department of State Police

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn (by John Pirich and Ann L. Andrews), Lansing, for Motorola Communications and Electronics, Inc.

Before: RICHARD ALLEN GRIFFIN, P.J., and WILDER and R.J. DANHOF, JJ.


WILDER, J.

In these consolidated appeals arising out of defendants' plans to construct a communications tower as part of the new Michigan Public Safety Communications System (hereafter MPSCS),1 plaintiffs appeal as of right the trial court's grant of summary disposition to defendants under MCR 2.116(C)(10). We affirm.

I. Basic Facts

In 1984, defendant Michigan Department of...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases