RYANT v. CLEVELAND TP.

Docket No. 213711.

608 N.W.2d 101 (2000)

239 Mich. App. 430

Charles J. RYANT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CLEVELAND TOWNSHIP, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided January 14, 2000, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication April 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary M. Ford, Traverse City, for the plaintiff.

Kronk, Beuerle & Bowron, PLC (by Michael A. Kronk), Traverse City, for the defendant.

Bauckham, Sparks, Rolfe & Thomsen, P.C. (by John H. Bauckham), Kalamazoo, for amicus curiae Michigan Townships Association.

Before ZAHRA, P.J., and MICHAEL J. KELLY and McDONALD, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant Cleveland Township (hereafter township board) appeals as of right from an order granting summary disposition in favor of plaintiff Charles J. Ryant based on the determination that when the township supervisor, in the presence of a quorum of the township board, addressed the township planning commission, the township board engaged in "deliberat[ion] toward or rendering a decision on a public policy," in violation of the Open Meetings Act (OMA...

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