Johnston v. City of Livonia

How courts have described this case

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• noting that, in general, this Court is not bound by the labels that a party assigns to his or her position because doing so would elevate form over substance
• noting that, in general, this Court is not bound by the labels that a party assigns to his or her position because doing so would elevate form over substance
• “The tribunal may decide claims framed in constitutional terms alleging that a tax assessment was arbitrary and capricious and without foundation.”
• “[T]his Court is not bound by plaintiff's choice of labels for her action because this would exalt form over substance.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).