Armstrong v. Ypsilanti Charter Township

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• Concluding that Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.9 allows a township board to abolish a position and any other reading of that statute is absurd”
• explaining that “a charter township is made up of a legislative ‘branch’ only and does not include an executive ‘branch’”
• noting that judicial rulings are almost never sufficient to show bias unless there is a “deep-seated favoritism”
• explaining that “[r]epeated rulings against a litigant, even if erroneous, are not grounds for disqualification”
• finding governmental immunity, pursuant to MCL 691.1407(5), protected all five township board members from liability
• finding governmental immunity, pursuant to MCL 691.1407(5), protected all five township board members from liability

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