FRENCHTOWN TWP. v. CITY OF MONROE

Docket No. 271398.

737 N.W.2d 328 (2007)

275 Mich. App. 1

FRENCHTOWN CHARTER TOWNSHIP, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. CITY OF MONROE and County of Monroe, Defendants/Cross-Defendants-Appellees, and Department of Transportation and Michigan Aeronautics Commission, Defendants/Cross-Defendants, and Donald J. Cousino, Trustee of the Donald J. Cousino Trust, David J. Cousino and Jeanne A. Cousino, Trustees of the David J. Cousino and Jeanne A. Cousino Trust, Jean A. Secor, Rosemary C. Cousino, Douglas J. Cousino, and Duane J. Cousino, Defendants/Counterplaintiffs/Cross-Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Giuseppe Cangiolosi, Defendant, and Christopher Aiello, Defendant-Intervenor/Counter-Plaintiff.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided March 22, 2007, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucas Law, PC (by Frederick Lucas), Onsted, for Frenchtown Charter Township.

Daniel S. White, City Attorney, for the city of Monroe.

Williams, Williams, Rattner & Plunkett, P.C. (by Ernest J. Essad, Jr.), Birmingham, for the Cousinos.

Before: O'CONNELL, P.J., and SAAD and TALBOT, JJ.


SAAD, J.

Donald J. Cousino and other members of his family (the Cousinos) appeal the trial court's grant of summary disposition to defendants Frenchtown Township, Monroe County, and city of Monroe on the Cousinos' claims that defendants inversely condemned their property and that their actions amount to a regulatory taking. We affirm.

The Cousinos own land in Frenchtown Charter Township in Monroe County. The property is a narrow strip of land that abuts Monroe...

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