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Beaver Island townships continue the King’s Highway lawsuit after pretrial rulings, 1993

Also 1993 King’s Highway court ruling · Beaver Island townships v Charlevoix County Road Commission

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TypeEvent
Dates1993-03-10 – 1993-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1993-03-10 – 1993-08
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Summary

In March 1993, the Beaver Island townships continued their King’s Highway case after pretrial rulings allowed three counts to proceed and dismissed the contractual count.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper account of pretrial litigation, not the full docket, engineering evidence, settlement, or final judgment.

Sources

  1. Reports the judge allowing mandamus, negligence, and EPA-regulation counts to proceed while dismissing the contractual count, and the March 10 joint-board decision to continue the case and seek highway-engineering expertise. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1993-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page issue scan confirms the court and township report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island townships continue the King’s Highway lawsuit after pretrial rulings, 1993”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-kings-highway-lawsuit-1993/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1993, “KING’S HIGHWAY LAWSUIT GETS A DAY IN COURT.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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