State Supreme Court / Mich.

Detroit Police Officers Ass'n. v. City of Detroit

Decided February 14, 1974. John Swainson wrote the opinion for the court.

214 N.W.2d 803 · Cited 198 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.

Detroit Police Officers Ass'n v. City of Detroit · 190 N.W.2d 97
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1
Wayne County v. Auditor General · 229 N.W. 911
Washtenaw County Road Commissioners v. Public Service Commission · 85 N.W.2d 134
City of Grand Haven v. Grocer's Cooperative Dairy Co. · 48 N.W.2d 362
Jackson v. Michigan Corrections Commission · 21 N.W.2d 159
Club Holding Co. v. Flint Citizens Loan & Investment Co. · 261 N.W. 133
Couvelis v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. · 274 N.W. 771
Geftos v. Lincoln Park · 198 N.W.2d 169
Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney v. Wayne County Board of Commissioners · 205 N.W.2d 27
Regents of University of Michigan v. Labor Mediation Board · 171 N.W.2d 477
Sambor v. Home Owners' Loan Corp. · 278 N.W. 674
Greenlees v. Owen Ames Kimball Co. · 66 N.W.2d 227
Valentine v. Redford Township Supervisor · 123 N.W.2d 227

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MacOmb County v. AFSCME Council 25 Locals 411 & 893 · 494 Mich. 65
Cmu Faculty v. Cmu · 273 N.W.2d 21
Macomb County v. AFSCME Council 25 · 294 Mich. App. 149
Gibraltar School District v. Gibraltar Mespa-Transportation · 505 N.W.2d 214
Rockwell v. Crestwood School District Board of Education · 227 N.W.2d 736
Southfield Police Officers Ass'n v. Southfield · 445 N.W.2d 98
DETROIT FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOC. v. City of Detroit · 293 N.W.2d 278
National Union of Police Officers Local 502-M v. Wayne County Board of Commissioners · 286 N.W.2d 242
Clinton Township v. Contrera · 284 N.W.2d 787
Detroit Federation of Teachers v. Board of Education · 237 N.W.2d 238
Lamphere Schools v. Lamphere Federation of Teachers · 252 N.W.2d 818
Dearborn Fire Fighters Union Local No 412 v. City of Dearborn · 231 N.W.2d 226
Local 1277, Metropolitan Council No. 23, American Federation of State Employees v. City of Center Line · 327 N.W.2d 822
West Ottawa Education Ass'n v. West Ottawa Public Schools Board of Education · 337 N.W.2d 533
Mt. Clemens Fire Fighters Union, Local 838 v. City of Mt. Clemens · 228 N.W.2d 500
MacOmb County Professional Deputies Association v. MacOmb Cty. · 452 N.W.2d 902
Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209
Van Buren Public School District v. Wayne Circuit Judge · 61 Mich. App. 6
Ottawa County v. Jaklinski · 377 N.W.2d 668
City of Rocky River v. State Employment Relations Board · 39 Ohio St. 3d 196
Wayne County v. Afscme Local 3317 · 928 N.W.2d 709
Detroit Police Officers Association v. Detroit · 551 N.W.2d 349

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