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LASH v. CITY OF TRAVERSE CITY

No. 131632 (Calendar No. 3).

735 N.W.2d 628 (2007)

Joseph LASH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF TRAVERSE CITY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 18, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Glen N. Lenhoff (by Glen N. Lenhoff, Michael E. Freifeld, and Robert D. Kent-Bryant), Flint, for the plaintiff.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Mary Massaron Ross and Gretchen L. Olsen), Detroit, for the defendant.

Garan Lucow Miller, P.C. (by Rosalind Rochkind), Detroit, for Michigan Municipal League, amicus curiae.

OPINION

YOUNG, J.

At issue in this case is the proper construction of MCL 15.602, a statute that limits the restrictions public employers may make regarding employee residency. While the statute does not allow an employer to require an employee to live in any specific geographic area, it does permit a public employer to require that an employee reside within a distance of 20 miles or more from the public...

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