Need a read? Get books from own library, Michigan court says

Residents not living in a community have no constitutional right to borrow books from its library, a divided Michigan Supreme Court ruled today. The court voted 4-3 to dismiss the lawsuit of George Goldstone, who sued after Oakland County’s Bloomfield Township Public Library refused to sell him a nonresident library card. Goldstone lives in nearby Bloomfield Hills, which does not have a library.

July 27, 2007 by Uncategorized 2

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  1. Anonymous Patron says:
    July 27, 2007 at 7:58 pm

    State Funded
    If you are going to have a state constitution that mandates libraries for all then the state should be providing the libraries. If you have counties or cities providing the money and creating the libraries and the state creates the mandate seems like you will run into problems at some point.

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  2. Anonymous Patron says:
    July 28, 2007 at 9:06 pm

    Re:State Funded
    Amen to that.

    Surrounding ruralish suburbs with no libraries. People live there with lower property taxes but want the same services larger cities provide.

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