TOWNSHIP OF CASCO, Township of Columbus, Patricia Iseler, and James P. Holk, Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendants-Appellants,
v.
SECRETARY OF STATE, Director of the Bureau of Elections, and City of Richmond, and
Walter K. Winkle and Patricia A. Winkle, Intervening Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Fillmore Township, Shirley Greving, Andrea Stam, Larry Sybesma, Jody Tenbrink, and James Rietveld, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Secretary of State and Bureau of Elections Director, and
City of Holland, Intervenor-Appellee.
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Argued March 8, 2005.
Decided June 14, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. (by William K. Fahey, Stephen J. Rhodes, Eric E. Doster, and Ronald D. Richards, Jr.), and James V. Dubay for Casco Township, Columbus Township, Patricia Iseler, James P. Holk, Fillmore Township, Shirley Greving, Andrea Stam, Larry Sybesma, Jody Tenbrink, and James Rietveld, and Patrick J. O'Brien and Heather S. Meingast, Lansing, MI, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Secretary of State and the Director of the Bureau of Elections.
Eric D. Williams and Rex A. Burgess, Big Rapids, MI, for the city of Richmond.
Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC (by Robert J. Pineau), Detroit, MI, for Walter K. and Patricia A. Winkle.
Cunningham Dalman, P.C. (by Andrew J. Mulder, P. Haans Mulder, and Vincent L. Duckworth), Holland, MI, for the city of Holland.
Bauckham, Sparks, Rolfe, Lohrstorfer & Thall, P.C. (by John H. Bauckham), Kalamazoo, MI, for Michigan Townships Association.
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. (by William B. Beach), Detroit, MI, for Michigan Municipal League.
Before the Entire Bench.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, J.
These consolidated appeals present two issues. First, we must address whether a single detachment petition and a single vote on that petition, pursuant to the terms of the Home Rule City Act, MCL 117.1 et seq., may encompass territory to be detached from one city and added to more than one township.1 Second, if a single detachment petition and a single vote may...
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