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Laurence Arthur Bates, et ux. v. Village of Pentwater, Michigan

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Michigan, No. 328528 · judgment March 28, 2017

Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

How much control may a unit of State Government exert over its citizen in matters which relate to the enjoyment of, and use of property clearly envisaged by the Declaration of Independence statement that, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ", before that control becomes oppressive, unreasonable, void for

For petitioner
Laurence Arthur Bates

For respondent
Brian James Monton
Prince & Monton, PLC

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Nov 19 2018
Rehearing DENIED.
Oct 31 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/16/2018.
Oct 26 2018
Petition for Rehearing filed.
Oct 01 2018
Petition DENIED.
Jul 25 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
Jul 21 2018
Reply of petitioners Laurence Arthur Bates, et ux. filed.
Jul 09 2018
Brief of respondent Village of Pentwater, Michigan in opposition filed.
May 21 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 9, 2018)