46TH CIRCUIT TRIAL CT. v. CRAWFORD CTY.

Docket Nos. 254179, 254180, 254181, 254182, 256129, 257234.

702 N.W.2d 588 (2005)

266 Mich. App. 150

46TH CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant/Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CRAWFORD COUNTY and Crawford County Board of Commissioners, Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs/Third-Party-Plaintiffs-Appellants, Kalkaska County, Third-Party-Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant-Appellant, and Otsego County, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee. Crawford County and Kalkaska County, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Otsego County, Defendant-Appellee. 46th Circuit Trial Court, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant/Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Crawford County and Crawford County Board of Commissioners, Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs/Third-Party-Plaintiffs, Kalkaska County, Third-Party-Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, Otsego County, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee, and Cohl Stoker Toskey & McGlinchey PC, Appellant. Crawford County and Kalkaska County, Plaintiffs, v. Otsego County, Defendant-Appellee, and Chol Stoker Toskey & McGlinchey PC, Appellants. 46th Circuit Trial Court, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Crawford County, Defendant-Appellant, Crawford County Board of Commissioners, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff/Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellant, Kalkaska County, Third-Party-Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant-Appellant, and Otsego County, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 3, 2005, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication July 5, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy & Pelton, P.L.C. (by Thomas G. Kienbaum, Noel D. Massie, and Patricia J. Boyle, of counsel), Birmingham, Birmingham, for the 46th Circuit Trial Court.

Allan Falk, P.C. (by Allan Falk), and Cohl, Stoker, Toskey & McGlinchey, P.C. (by Bonnie G. Toskey), Okemos, Lansing, for Crawford County, Kalkaska County, and the Crawford County Board of Commissioners.

Johnson, Rosati, LaBarge, Aseltyne & Field, P.C. (by Christopher J. Johnson and Marcelyn A. Stepanski), Farmington Hills, for Otsego County.

Before: ZAHRA, P.J., and NEFF and COOPER, JJ.


COOPER, J.

Kalkaska County, Crawford County, and the Crawford County Board of Commissioners (the Counties) appeal as of right in these consolidated appeals from various orders and the judgment entered by Judge Dennis Kolenda (the lower court) in the litigation pursued by the 46th Circuit Trial Court (the Trial Court) seeking adequate funding. The Counties also appeal from various orders entered in the related suit filed by the Counties against Otsego County, the control...

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