Complete lists are available with each attorney’s individual
biography.
| CASE NAME AND CITATION |
SUBJECT |
MEMBERS OF FIRM |
| Manistee Saltworks Development Corp v City
of Manistee, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians & Manistee
Citizens for Responsible Development |
Air Pollution; Land Use Takings |
Christopher M. Bzdok
T.J. Andrews |
Campaign for Family Farms v Veneman
229 F Supp 2d 772 (WD Mich); affirmed 348 F3d 157 (6th Cir
2003), vacated and remanded, 125 S Ct 2511 (2005) |
First Amendment; Free Speech |
William Rastetter
Christopher M. Bzdok |
Glen Lake–Crystal River Watershed Riparians
v Glen Lake Ass’n
264 Mich App 523 (2004) |
Environmental Protection; Lake Level |
Christopher M. Bzdok
Scott W. Howard |
Township of Bingham v RLTD Railroad Corporation
463 Mich 634 (2001) |
Zoning and Rail Trails |
James M. Olson
Scott W. Howard |
Friends of the Crystal River v Kuras Properties
465 Mich 899 (2001) |
Wetlands |
James M. Olson
Christopher M. Bzdok
Scott W. Howard |
|
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians v.
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, et al.
198 F. Supp. 2d 920 and 46 F.Supp. 2d 689 (W.D. Mich. 1999)
|
Indian Casinos |
William Rastetter |
Nemeth v Abonmarche Development
Co
457 Mich 16 (1998) |
Environmental Protection; Soil
Erosion |
James M. Olson
Christopher M. Bzdok |
K & K Construction Co v Department of
Natural Resources
455 Mich 570 (1998) |
Takings and Condemnation; Wetlands |
James M. Olson
Christopher M. Bzdok |
Burt Township v Department
of Natural Resources
459 Mich 659 (1999) |
Zoning and State Property |
James M. Olson
Christopher M. Bzdok |
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa
Indians v Director, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
141 F 3rd 635 (6th Cir. 1998), cert denied 525 U.S. 1040 (1998). |
Mooring rights in Township marinas |
William Rastetter |
United States, et al. v
Michigan, et al.
several published cites (1981-2000) |
Great Lakes Fishing Rights |
William Rastetter |
Miller Brothers v Department of Natural Resources
203 Mich App 674 (1994) |
Takings and Condemnation; Oil and Gas |
James M. Olson |
Traverse City Light &
Power v Home Ins Co
209 Mich App 112 (1995) |
Soil Contamination and Insurance |
James M. Olson |
Friends of the Crystal River v USEPA
794 F.Supp. 674 (W.D. Mich., 1992), aff'd 35 F3d 1073 (6th
Cir., 1994) |
Federal Clean Water Act; Administrative Law;
Wetlands |
James M. Olson
William Rastetter |
Upjohn v New Hampshire Insurance
438 Mich 197 (1991) |
Soil Contamination and Insurance |
James M. Olson |
U.S. v Bay Mills Indian Community
692 F.Supp. 777 W.D.Mich (1988); 727 F.Supp. 1110 W.D.Mich
(1989) |
Indian Casinos |
William Rastetter |
Leelanau Indians, Inc. v
U.S. Dep't of HUD
502 F.Supp 741( W.D.Mich 1980) |
Federal Housing Grants |
William Rastetter |
Village of Kalkaska v Shell Oil
157 Mich App 227 (1986) |
Municipalities and roadways |
James M. Olson |
Committee for Sensible Land
Use v Garfield Township
124 Mich App 559 (1983) |
Zoning and Regional Planning
Duties |
James M. Olson |
Local No. 1903 of UAW v Bear Archery
617 F2d 157 (6th Cir 1980) |
Civil Rights |
William Rastetter
James M. Olson |
West Michigan Environmental
Action Council v Natural Resources Committee
405 Mich 741 (1979) |
Pigeon River Elk Herd/Oil &
Gas |
James M. Olson |
Liuzzo v FBI
485 F. Supp. 1274 (E.D. Mich. 1980) |
Civil Rights |
William Rastetter |
