Bolt v. City of Lansing

Decided December 28, 1998. Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle wrote the opinion for the court.

587 N.W.2d 264 · Cited 93 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Ripperger v. City of Grand Rapids · 62 N.W.2d 585
• Bolt v. City of Lansing · 561 N.W.2d 423
• Merrelli v. City of St. Clair Shores · 96 N.W.2d 144
• Bray v. Department of State · 341 N.W.2d 92
• National Cable Television Assn., Inc. v. United States · 415 U.S. 336
• Saginaw County v. John Sexton Corp. · 591 N.W.2d 52
• Traverse City School Dist. v. Atty. Gen. · 185 N.W.2d 9
• Teter v. Clark County · 704 P.2d 1171
• Roseburg School District v. City of Roseburg · 851 P.2d 595
• Waterford School District v. State Board of Education · 296 N.W.2d 328
• Consumers Power Co. v. Big Prairie Township · 265 N.W.2d 182
• Dukesherer Farms, Inc v. Director of the Department of Agriculture · 405 Mich. 1
• City of Maryville v. Cushman · 249 S.W.2d 347
• Airlines Parking, Inc v. Wayne County · 550 N.W.2d 490
• Nickell v. Lambrecht · 185 N.W.2d 155
• Smith Chapel Baptist Church v. City of Durham · 502 S.E.2d 364
• Sarasota County v. Sarasota Church of Christ · 667 So. 2d 180

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• Wheeler v. Shelby Charter Township · 697 N.W.2d 180
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• A&E Parking v. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Authority · 271 Mich. App. 641
• Kowalski v. City of Livonia · 705 N.W.2d 161
• Dawson v. Secretary of State · 739 N.W.2d 339
• Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer Dist. v. Bath Twp. (Slip Opinion) · 2015 Ohio 3705
• WPW Acquisition Co. v. City of Troy · 646 N.W.2d 487
• Michigan United Conservation Clubs v. Department of Treasury · 608 N.W.2d 141
• Duverney v. BIG CREEK-MENTOR UTILITY AUTHORITY · 677 N.W.2d 836
• Federated Publications, Inc v. Michigan State University Board of Trustees · 594 N.W.2d 491
• Judicial Attorneys Ass'n v. State · 597 N.W.2d 113
• HAWAII INSURERS COUNCIL v. Lingle · 201 P.3d 564
• McLeod v. Columbia County · 599 S.E.2d 152
• Reynolds v. Bureau of State Lottery · 610 N.W.2d 597
• Brown Bark I, L.P. v. Traverse City Light & Power Department · 736 F. Supp. 2d 1099
• Trantham v. State Disbursement Unit · 313 Mich. App. 157
• Bolt v. City of Lansing · 632 N.W.2d 494

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