LONG LAKE TP. v. MAXON

No. 164948.

15 N.W.3d 118 (2024)

513 Mich. 101

LONG LAKE TOWNSHIP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Todd MAXON and Heather Maxon, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 3, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker Harvey PLC (by Todd W. Millar) and Henn Lesperance, PLC (by William L. Henn and Andrea S. Nester) for Long Lake Township.

The Law Offices, of William G. Burdette, PC, Traverse City (by William G. Burdette), David A. Bieganowski, PLC, Traverse City (by David A. Bieganowski), and the Institute for Justice (by Michael Greenberg, Robert Frommer, and Patrick M. Jaicomo) for Todd and Heather Maxon.

Daniel S. Korobkin, Philip Mayor, and Patrick J. Wright for the American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, amici curiae.

Michigan Auto Law (by Thomas S. Baker) and Hannah Zhao for Electronic Frontier Foundation, amicus curiae.

Laura A. Bondank for the Cato Institute and the Rutherford Institute, amici curiae.

Schaerr | Jaffe LLP (by Nicholas P. Miller, Berrien Springs, and Gene C. Schaerr) for the Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, Inc., amicus curiae.

Bauckham, Tahll, Seeber, Kaufman & Koches, PC (by Robert E. Thall, Portage, and Michael W. Bila) for the Michigan Townships Association and Michigan Municipal League, amici curiae.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.


OPINION

We directed oral argument on the application pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1) to consider whether plaintiff, Long Lake Township (the Township), violated the Fourth Amendment rights of defendants, Todd Maxon and Heather Maxon (the Maxons), by using an unmanned drone to take aerial...

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