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Municipalities Cannot Increase Taxable Value For The Installation Of Public Utility Services, But May Include The Value In The Value of New Construction Or In The Market Value Of The Property When It Sells

A Municipality Cannot Require Environmental Insurance From Telecommunications Provider

Drain Commissioner Found Not Liable For Sewer Overflow Where The Commissioner Had No Authority To Repair

Michigan Supreme Court Leaves Open-Ended Question Concerning The Motor Vehicle Exception To Governmental Immunity

Zoning Ordinance Withstands Constitutional And Statutory Challenges

Michigan Supreme Court Narrows The Applicability of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (PLUIPA) in Zoning Cases

Statutory Notice Requirement Restored With A Vengeance

What to Make of the Proposed State Constitutional Amendment Limiting the Exercise of Eminent Domain by Governmental Agencies?

Building Inspector Owed No Duty to Homeowner’s Invitee

Prior Years’ Tax Assessments Protected by Court of Appeals Decision in Leahy v Orion Township