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Municipal – Sovereign Immunity – Foreclosed Properties – Michigan Lawyers Weekly

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When a lawsuit filed alleging that 27 Michigan counties unlawfully retained excess equity in foreclosed class member properties without compensation, a judge’s decision to deny the counties’ motion to dismiss the lawsuit must stand because counties are not entitled to sovereign immunity and there is a lack of jurisdiction to consider other counties’ arguments.


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