The Michigan Supreme Court declined for a second time to review a pair of challenges to Detroit’s stormwater fees, allowing to stand lower court opinions that said the fees were not taxes subject to constitutional limits.
In orders issued Friday, Michigan’s highest court said it would not reconsider its decision of Sept. 19, when it declined to review the challenges to the Detroit fees for the first time and rejected a challenge to similar fees imposed by Ann Arbor.
In a motion for reconsideration Sept. 26, the Detroit Alliance Against the Rain Tax asked the court to rethink turning away its challenge to the fees, which the group alleged are unconstitutional. A group of property owners behind the other Detroit challenge, led by city resident Nicola Binns, also asked the court to reconsider.
law360.com
By Maria Koklanaris
2025-11-24