Tolksdorf v. Griffith

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the Opening of Private Roads and Temporary Highways Act was unconstitutional as it authorized the taking of private property for a predominantly private purpose
• holding that the Opening of Private Roads and Temporary Highways Act was unconstitu- tional as it authorized the taking of private property for a predominantly private purpose
• benefit to public at large under private roads and temporary highways act is purely incidental and far too attenuated to support constitutional taking of private property
• governmental taking of property for a private road invalid because not for a “public purpose”
• “The Taking Clause of the state constitution is substantially similar to that of the federal constitution.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

45 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. LeBlanc
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2002-03-12· cited 1,001×
• People v. Grant
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2004-07-15· cited 281×
• Yee v. Shiawassee County Board of Commissioners
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2002-09-10· cited 191×
• Wayne County v. Hathcock
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2004-07-30· cited 157×
• Phillips v. Mirac, Inc
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2004-07-06· cited 126×
• Ypsilanti Charter Township v. Kircher
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2008-10-09· cited 108×
• English v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mich.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2004-10-28· cited 100×
• Ypsilanti Fire Marshal v. Kircher
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2007-03-30· cited 88×
• In Re Request for Advisory Opinion Regarding Constitutionality of 2005 Pa 71
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2007-07-18· cited 76×
• Van Buren Charter Township v. Garter Belt, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2003-11-26· cited 73×
• By Lo Oil Co. v. Department of Treasury
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2005-09-02· cited 60×
• Department of Transportation v. Tomkins
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2008-06-11· cited 59×
• William Daniels and Judy Daniels v. The Area Plan Commission of Allen County
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-09-11· cited 55×
• Daniel v. County of Santa Barbara
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-03-12· cited 47×
• DeRose v. DeRose
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2003-07-31· cited 46×
• In Re Opening a Private Road for the Benefit of O'Reilly
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-09-30· cited 41×
• Kenkel v. Stanley Works
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2003-07-01· cited 32×
• Phillips v. Mirac, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2002-09-10· cited 27×
• Tig Premier Insur Co v. Dept of Treasury
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2001-07-03· cited 25×
• Slatterly v. Madiol
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2003-08-20· cited 24×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City
  Supreme Court· 1978-10-02· cited 3,324×
• Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-30· cited 1,570×
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-26· cited 1,301×
• Poletown Neighborhood Council v. City of Detroit
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1981-03-13· cited 84×
• Blank v. Department of Corrections
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2000-06-20· cited 66×
• Shizas v. City of Detroit
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1952-04-07· cited 32×
• City of Kentwood v. Sommerdyke Estate
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1998-07-31· cited 21×
• Dyer v. Thurston
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1971-04-02· cited 21×
• City of Lansing v. Edward Rose Realty, Inc.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1993-07-02· cited 20×
• McKeighan v. Grass Lake Township Supervisor
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1999-05-19· cited 13×
• White Pine Hunting Club v. Schalkofski
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1975-10-14· cited 12×
• City of Lansing v. Edward Rose Realty, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1992-01-21· cited 10×
• Bieker v. Suttons Bay Township Supervisor
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1992-12-29· cited 7×
• McKeigan v. Grass Lake Township Supervisor
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1998-08-19· cited 3×