Delaware Township v. City of Lansing
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The Supreme Court reversed the rulings of the lower courts against the City of Lansing in this dispute between municipalities in Leavenworth Country over the future and assets of a fire district, holding that an interlock agreement governing the fire district was enforceable by its clear terms.
Lansing invoked the termination and assets provisions of the agreement, seeking to withdraw from the agreement. Thereafter, two townships petitioned for declaratory judgment to stop the dissolution or alteration of the Fire District, arguing that the sections in the agreement that Lansing relied on to terminate the agreement were illegal and unenforceable. Lansing counterclaimed seeking a declaratory judgment that the agreement was enforceable in its entirety. The district court ruled in favor of the townships, and the court of appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that Lansing's notice of termination of the agreement was effective and enforceable.
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