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PITTSFIELD CHARTER TP. v. WASHTENAW COUNTY

Docket No. 119590, Calendar No. 7.

664 N.W.2d 193 (2003)

468 Mich. 702

PITTSFIELD CHARTER TOWNSHIP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WASHTENAW COUNTY, Defendant-Appellant, and City of Ann Arbor, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 9, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reading, Etter & Lillich (by John L. Etter), Ann Arbor, MI, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Bodman, Longley & Dahling LLP (by Jerold Lax) and Office of Corporation Counsel (by Curtis N. Hedger), Ann Arbor, MI, for the defendant-appellant.

Cohl, Stoker & Toskey, P.C. (by Peter A. Cohl and Richard D. McNulty), Lansing, MI, for the Michigan Association of Counties.

Bauckham, Sparks, Rolfe, Lohrstorfer & Thall, P.C. (by John H. Bauckham and Robert E. Thall), Kalamazoo, MI, for the Michigan Townships Association.

TAYLOR, J.

The question presented is whether defendant Washtenaw County must comply with plaintiff Pittsfield Charter Township's zoning ordinance in the locating of the county's proposed homeless shelter. We hold that the county does not need to comply with the township's zoning ordinance and, therefore, reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and reinstate the summary-disposition order entered by the trial court.

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