GOLDSTONE v. BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY

Docket No. 262831.

708 N.W.2d 740 (2005)

268 Mich. App. 642

George H. GOLDSTONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided November 8, 2005, at 9:10 a.m.

Released for Publication January 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Toohey, Bloomfield Hills, for the plaintiff.

Seyburn, Kahn, Ginn, Bess & Serlin, P.C. (by Joel H. Serlin and Barry M. Rosenbaum), and Condit, McGarry & Schloff, PLLC (by Michael D. Schloff), Southfield, Bloomfield Hills, for the defendant.

Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. (by Stephen O. Schultz and Sarah J. Gabis), Lansing, for Amici Curiae the Michigan Library Association.

Clark Hill PLC (by Robert Nyovich and Joseph C. Bennett), Birmingham, for Amici Curiae The Library Network.

Before: OWENS, P.J., and FITZGERALD and SCHUETTE, JJ.


FITZGERALD, J.

Plaintiff, George H. Goldstone, is a resident of the city of Bloomfield Hills. He brought an action for a declaratory judgment that would require the Bloomfield Township Public Library to grant him and other residents of the city "full, equal and free admission to the same library materials, programs, services, and activities that [defendant] gives to Bloomfield Township residents who support their library by local taxes." This occurred after the city...

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