CLAM LAKE TOWNSHIP v. DEPT. OF LICENSING

Docket Nos. 151800 and 153008 (Calendar No. 3).

902 N.W.2d 293 (2017)

500 Mich. 362

CLAM LAKE TOWNSHIP and Haring Charter Township, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS/STATE BOUNDARY COMMISSION, Teridee LLC, and City of Cadillac, Appellees. Teridee LLC, John F. Koetje Trust, and Delia Koetje Trust, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Haring Charter Township and Clam Lake Township, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 3, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones, PLC (by Ronald M. Redick ), for Clam Lake Township and Haring Charter Township in Docket Nos. 151800 and 153008.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Matthew Schneider , Chief Legal Counsel, and Patrick Fitzgerald , Assistant Attorney General, for the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs/State Boundary Commission in Docket No. 151800.

Varnum LLP (by Randall W. Kraker and Brion B. Doyle ) for TeriDee LLC in Docket Nos. 151800 and 153008.

Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, PC (by Michael D. Homier and Laura J. Genovich ), for the city of Cadillac in Docket No. 151800.

Amici Curiae: McClelland & Anderson, LLP (by Gregory L. McClelland , David E. Pierson , and Melissa A. Hagen ), for Michigan Realtors.

Bloom Sluggett Morgan, PC (by Jeffrey V. H. Sluggett and Crystal L. Morgan ), for the Michigan Municipal League.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.


OPINION

These consolidated cases present two issues. First, in Clam Lake Twp. v. Dep't of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs, we must decide whether the State Boundary Commission (Commission), when reviewing an annexation petition, has authority to determine the validity of a separate agreement entered into under the...

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