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DELTA CHARTER TWP. v. DINOLFO

Docket No. 67485, (Calendar No. 5).

419 Mich. 253 (1984)

351 N.W.2d 831

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF DELTA v. DINOLFO

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKay, Murphy & Guerre, P.C. (by Vincent P. Spagnuolo and Thomas R. Meagher), for the plaintiff.

Foster, Meade, Magill & Rumsey (by Robert F. Magill, Jr., and Katherine E. Ward) for the defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Larry Betz for Robert Beard.

Bauckham, Reed, Lang, Schaefer & Travis (by Robert F. Travis) for Michigan Townships Association.

BRICKLEY, J.

This case requires us to consider the constitutionality of a township zoning ordinance which limits the occupation of single-family residences to an individual, or a group of two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, and not more than one other unrelated person. We conclude that this ordinance, which prohibits the defendants from including in their households six unrelated persons, is unreasonable...

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