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PAQUIN v. CITY OF ST. IGNACE

Docket No. 156823.

934 N.W.2d 650 (2019)

504 Mich. 124

Fred PAQUIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF ST. IGNACE, Defendant-Appellee, and Attorney General, Intervening Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 8, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick, Kwiatkowski & Hesselink, PLLC, Cheboygan (by Joseph P. Kwiatkowski ,) for Fred Paquin.

Charles J. Palmer, PC, Sault Sainte Marie (by Charles J. Palme ,) for the city of St. Ignace.

Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud , Solicitor General, and Heather S. Meingast , Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH

OPINION

This case requires us to examine the language of our state Constitution; specifically, we are concerned with whether a tribal government constitutes "local . . . government" under Const. 1963, art. 11, § 8. We hold that it does not. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and remand to the...

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