CITY OF ROYAL OAK v. SOCRRA

Docket No. 236139.

669 N.W.2d 322 (2003)

257 Mich. App. 639

CITY OF ROYAL OAK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHEASTERN OAKLAND COUNTY RESOURCE RECOVERY AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee, and City of Rochester Hills, Intervening Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided July 31, 2003, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication September 18, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kitch Drutchas Wagner Denardis & Valitutti (by Susan Healy Zitterman, Michael J. Watza, and Christina A. Ginter), Detroit, for the city of Royal Oak.

Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, P.L.L.C. (by Stephan E. Glazek, Eric S. Rosenthal, and Kevin Kalezynski), Detroit, for the Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority.

Adkison, Need & Allen, P.L.L.C. (by Gregory K. Need), Bloomfield Hills, for the city of Rochester Hills.

Before: OWENS, P.J., and BANDSTRA and MURRAY, JJ.


BANDSTRA, J.

This case presents an issue of first impression concerning the construction of a statute that allows municipalities to combine to form a waste disposal authority, M.C.L. § 123.301 et seq. We conclude that this statute also authorizes such an authority to construct a golf course as an appropriate end use for a completed landfill.

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