WEXFORD MEDICAL GROUP v. CITY OF CADILLAC

Docket No. 127152. Calendar No. 4.

713 N.W.2d 734 (2006)

474 Mich. 192

WEXFORD MEDICAL GROUP, Petitioner-Appellant, v. CITY OF CADILLAC, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn L.L.P. (by John D. Pirich and Stewart L. Mandell), Lansing, for the petitioner.

McCurdy & Wotila, P.C. (by Roger Wotila and Cynthia Wotila), Cadillac, for the respondent.

Butzel Long, P.C. (by E. William Shipman), Detroit, for amici curiae Michigan Rural Health Clinics Organization.

Dykema Gossett P.L.L.C. (by Phyllis Donaldson Adams, Stewart A. Binke, and Christine Mason Soneral), Detroit, for amici curiae Michigan Association of Homes and Services for the Aging.

Payne, Payne, Broder & Fossee, P.C. (by Carol L. Fossee and Kenneth A. Krasity), Bingham Farms, for amici curiae McLaren Health Care Corporation.

Lewis, Reed & Allen, P.C. (by Richard D. Reed and Matthew L. Lager), Kalamazoo, for amici curiae Michigan Municipal League and Michigan Townships Association.

Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.L.L.C. (by Kimberly J. Commins and Michael J. Philbrick), Troy, for amici curiae Michigan Health & Hospital Association.


Opinion

MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, J.

This case calls on this Court to interpret certain provisions of the General Property Tax Act (GPTA), MCL 211.1 et seq. Specifically, we must decide whether the Tax Tribunal improperly denied petitioner's request to be exempt from ad valorem property taxes because of its claimed status as a charitable institution under MCL 211.7o and 211.9(a), and its claim that it serves a public health purpose as described...

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