DeWitt Township v. Clinton County’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 2003
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“`[E]xcept as to certain express constitutional grants and limitations of power, local government units are only creatures of legislation' and they do not have standing to challenge the constitutionality of a statutory provision enacted by the Legislature [on equal protection or due process grounds].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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