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CITY OF ROCHESTER HILLS v. SCHULTZ

Docket No. 110294, Calendar No. 8.

592 N.W.2d 69 (1999)

459 Mich. 486

CITY OF ROCHESTER HILLS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edna Hannan SCHULTZ, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beier, Howlett (by John D. Staran and Lawrence R. Ternan), Bloomfield Hills, MI, for the plaintiff-appellant.

American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (by Elsa M. Shartsis, Bingham Farms, MI, Robert A. Sedler, Detroit, MI, and Michael J. Steinberg, Detroit, MI) for defendant-appellant.

Opinion

MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, J.

This case calls on us to review the constitutionality of a municipal ordinance prohibiting the erection of a sign advertising a home business in a residential area. Both the trial court and the Court of Appeals found that the ordinance violated the defendant's constitutional right to free speech. We reverse.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Defendant operates a home business in Rochester Hills, selling health and...

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