HOWELL TOWNSHIP v. ROOTO CORPORATION

Docket No. 236440.

670 N.W.2d 713 (2003)

258 Mich. App. 470

HOWELL TOWNSHIP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROOTO CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided September 16, 2003, at 9:20 a.m.

Released for Publication November 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. (by Charles E. Barbieri and Kirsten M. McNelly), Lansing, for the plaintiff.

The Kizer Law Firm, P.C. (by Thomas Kizer, Jr.), Howell, for the defendant.

Before: BANDSTRA, P.J., and GAGE and SCHUETTE, JJ.


GAGE, J.

This case involves a long legal battle between plaintiff Howell Township and defendant Rooto Corporation over compensation for costs the township incurred in responding to a fire at defendant's plant. The township sought compensation under Howell Township Ordinance 53. The trial court found Ordinance 53 preempted by Part 201 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA), M.C.L. § 324.20101...

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