JOHNSON v. DEP'T OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Docket Nos. 321337, 321338, 321339.

873 N.W.2d 842 (2015)

310 Mich. App. 635

JOHNSON, v. DEP'T OF NATURAL RESOURCES. Tingstad v. Dep't of Natural Resources. Turunen v. Dep't of Natural Resources.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 2, 2015, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Matthew Schneider , Chief Legal Counsel, and Danielle Allison-Yokom , Kelly M. Drake , and Pamela J. Stevensdn , Assistant Attorneys General, for defendants.

Bensinger, Cotant & Menkes, PC, Marquette (by Glenn W. Smith ), and O'Leary Law Office, Lanse (by Joseph P. O'Leary ) for plaintiffs.

Varnum LLP (by Stephen F. MacGuidwin and Aaron M. Phelps , Grand Rapids) for Michigan Pork Producers Association, Michigan Agri-Business Association, Michigan Wildlife Conservancy, Michigan Audubon Society, Michigan United Conservation Clubs, Michigan Corn Growers Association, Michigan Allied Poultry Industries, Michigan Soybean Association, Greenstone Farm Credit Services, Inc., Michigan Milk Producers Association, Potato Growers of Michigan, Inc., and Michigan Farm Bureau.

Before: GLEICHER, P.J., and KIRSTEN FRANK KELLY and SERVITTO, JJ.


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