DETROIT/WAYNE CTY. STADIUM AUTH. v. DRINKWATER, TAYLOR & MERRILL, INC.

Docket Nos. 251799-251802, 251869 and 251870.

705 N.W.2d 549 (2005)

267 Mich. App. 625

DETROIT/WAYNE COUNTY STADIUM AUTHORITY, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. DRINKWATER, TAYLOR AND MERRILL, INC, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Mary Toovalian, a/k/a Marie Toovalian, Nora March, and Ardames Janoyan a/k/a Janoyan Ardameas, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees. Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Bimini Properties, Inc, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and Richard N. Moll, Defendant. Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Bimini Properties, Inc, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and Virginia Moll, Defendant. Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Rojo Farms, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Detroit Wayne County Stadium Authority, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. James Wingate, Sr., Alzalia City Cab Company, Transport Systems Company, and City Cab Company, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and Alzalia Wingate, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided August 9, 2005, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication November 10, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickinson Wright, P.L.L.C. (by John E.S. Scott, Peter H. Webster, Paul R. Bernard, and Barbara H. Erard), Detroit, for the plaintiff.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Mary Massaron Ross and Christine D. Oldani), Detroit, and Ackerman & Ackerman, P.C. (by Alan T. Ackerman and Darius W. Dynkowski), Troy, for the defendants.

Before: BANDSTRA, P.J., and FITZGERALD and METER, JJ.


FITZGERALD, J.

These consolidated appeals arise out of condemnation proceedings initiated by the Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority (the stadium authority) to acquire various parcels of property for use in constructing new stadiums for the Detroit Lions and the Detroit Tigers. The stadium authority acquired several parcels without the need for condemnation. The present cases involve properties for which condemnation actions were necessary because the property...

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