BYRNE v. STATE

Docket No. 116412.

624 N.W.2d 906 (2001)

Norman and Rosemary BYRNE, Donald and Lee Nolte, Richard and Sue Burton, Bernard and Margaret Rooker, Arthur and Connie Vadebondoeur, Daniel and Jane White, Gene McGann, Robert and Kathy Scudder and Lil Vroma, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of Michigan and Department of State Police, Defendants-Appellees, and Motorola Communications and Electronics, Inc., Intervening-Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

April 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, L.L.P. (by Teresa S. Decker, and Randall W. Kraker) Grand Rapids, MI, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Gary L. Hicks, Assistant Attorney General, Lansing, MI, for the defendants-appellees Michigan State Police.

Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn (by John D. Pirich and Ann L. Andrews) Lansing, MI, for defendant-appellee Motorola Communications and Electronics, Inc.


Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs sued to stop construction of a State Police radio tower on a site near their homes. The circuit court granted summary disposition in favor of the defendants and the Court of Appeals affirmed. We likewise affirm. The site of the tower was selected in a manner that accords with the pertinent statute.

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In the wake of studies done in the 1980s, the Legislature concluded that the State Police radio communication...

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