Detroit Business Law – Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
In a recent decision from the Michigan Court of Appeals, Andrews v Brown Docket No. 350659, the Court quieted title in favor of the Plaintiff despite errors for a number …
Michigan Court of Appeals Quiets Title Despite Errors in the Deed and Recording Read MoreOn May 14, 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order No. 2020-85, extending the moratorium on evictions through June 11, 2020. It orders the following: No person shall remove …
New Gubernatorial Order Extends Moratorium on Evictions Read MoreOn April 17, 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order No. 2020-54 restricting evictions. It is currently in effect through May 15, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. (unless extended). To mitigate the …
New Gubernatorial Order Temporarily Restricts Evictions; Additional Eviction And Late Fees Restrictions from CARES ACT Read MoreIn ONB Ridge Villa One, LLC v. Oil Nut Bay, Inc. and David V. Johnson, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued June 27, 2019 (Docket No. …
Michigan Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Various Claims Related to a Plan to Build Road that Never Materialized Read MoreOn June 26, 2019, Michigan’s House Bill 4121 to amend Michigan’s General Property Tax Act was approved and went into immediate effect. The purpose of the Bill was to repeal …
New Michigan Law Allows County Treasurers to Continue to Offer Tax Foreclosure Avoidance Agreements to Property Owners with Delinquent Taxes Read MoreIn Dearborn West Village Condominium Association v Mohamed Makki, No. 340166 (January 2019), the Michigan Court of Appeals held that a condominium association could enforce its bylaws even though it …
Michigan Court of Appeals held that anti-waiver clause provided condominium association with authority to enforce bylaws, despite previous failure to do so Read MoreThe Michigan Court of Appeals held in Edgewood Holdings v. County of Otsego, No. 17-016819-CH (October 2018), that all administrative remedies must be exhausted before taking claim is ripe for …
Michigan Court of Appeals holds that all administrative remedies must be exhausted before takings claim is ripe for judicial review Read MoreIn City of Detroit v City of Detroit Bd of Zoning Appeals et al., Docket No. 339018 (October 2018), a published Michigan Court of Appeals Opinion, the Court of Appeals …
Michigan Court of Appeals Holds That Board of Zoning Appeals May Grant Hardship Variance Even Where Landowner Knew of Hardship When It Purchased Property Read MoreIn a recent unpublished opinion, the Michigan Court of Appeals dealt with a case in which an express easement was used for transporting heavy drilling equipment to construct an oil …
When deciding the scope of an ambiguous easement, the Courts may look to the historical use of the easement Read More