Appellate Cases
- Martha Cares Olsen, et. al. v Jude and Reed, LLC
- O'NEILL ET AL V. MOSES ET AL
- HASKELL v. TUROWSKI and NEWAYGO COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION v. SELLA
- SBC HEALTH MIDWEST INC v. CITY OF KENTWOOD
- Kranz v. Terrill
- Hucul advertising, llc V. charter township of gaines
- DAVIS v. BROOKS TOWNSHIP
- CATES v. ARGENTINE TOWNSHIP
- RUDY v. LINTS
- 2000 BAUM v. BABEL
- ADKINS v. RUTLAND TOWNSHIP
- TOMECEK v. BAVAS
- GRANT TOWNSHIP v. WALTER J. VANDER WALL and PHYLLIS A. VANDER WALL
- GEORGE W. DYBALL and LINDA S. DYBALL v. WILLIAM LENNOX
- ROBERT E. HOISINGTON and JOAN A. HOISINGTON v. VERNA PARKES
- ROBERT LITTLE and BARBARA LITTLE v. STEVEN KIN, ROSALYN KIN, THOMAS TRIVAN, and DARLENE TRIVAN
- JEFFREY SOTELO, SUSAN SOTELO, WALTER J. VANDER WALL and PHYLLIS A. VANDER WALL v. TOWNSHIP OF GRANT
- THOMAS TUTTLE and JANET TUTTLE v. LAKE LEANN PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
Books
- Buying and Selling Waterfront Property in Michigan
- Township Cemetery Management
- Michigan Lake Associations - The Nuts and Bolts
- Municipal Civil Infractions - the Process
Municipal Articles
- 'The All-Important zoning permit'
- What are Township Body "Workshops"
- Email Warning/Disclosure Regarding the Michigan Open Meetings Act
- The Michigan Right to Farm Act Renders Many Zoning Regulations Invalid
- Urban Farming and the Michigan Right to Farm Act
- Special Assessment District For Lakes (For Aquatic Weed Control Purposes) Made Easy
- Cemetery maintenance: More than mowing the lawn
- MTA Convention Outline - Water Law and Michigan Townships
- The 2000 Baum Family Trust v Babel Decision and Other Significant Plat Court Cases
- "Hot" Green Topics
- Total Redevelopment in the World of the Land Development Act
- 2000 MTA Land Division Seminar
- Municipal Civil Infractions - MTA News Article
- Variance Madness - Trying to Fit a Square Peg in a Round Hole
- Ten Years Hence - A Decade of the Land Division Act.
- The Michigan Supreme Court’s Decision in City of Novi vs. Robert Adell Children’s Funded Trust
- Uncharted Territory: The Impact of PA 577 on Rezonings
- Taking Aim at the LDA
- Navigating Private Road Issues
- Understanding Township Franchises
- Regulating Private Roads
- An Overview of Lakefront Development Legal Issues
- The Law of Nonconforming Use Seminar Outline
- Water Law - Get Your Feet Wet
- Freedom of Information Act and Open Meetings Act Seminar
Presentations
- The 2014 Annual Michigan Townships Association Convention
- Open Meeting Act, FOIA, and Library Privacy Act
- Library Law
- Library Millage Elections and Millage Campaigns
Riparian/Water Law Articles
- Another Lake Road End Case
- Attorney Writes - "The Freedom to Assemble..."
- Attorney Writes - "Title Insurance"
- Attorney Writes - "Tips for Sellers of Waterfront Property"
- Attorney Writes - "Short-Term Rentals, Long-Term Consequences"
- "The Importance of Liability Insurance for Riparians"
- New Public Road End Law Passes Court Challenge
- Attorney Writes - "Bottomlands Ownership"
- Docks and Boat Hoists - Everything You Always Wanted to Know
- "I Can No Longer Even Enjoy My Lake..."
- Ask the Expert - View of Lake 2012
- Golf Cart News
- Attorney Writes - On-Lake Regulations
- Attorney Writes - Artificial or Real?
- "Passing the Buck" - Poor Rural Roads Around Lakes
- How Can I Use My Lakefront Cottage or House?
- What is "Riparian"?
- Liability Potentials for Associations
- Ask the Expert - Riparian Rights of Artificial Lakes
- You Cannot Give It Away...
- A Legal Primer
- Aquatic Special Assessment Districts - Mass Confusion?
- The Road Ends Problem - Solved - Almost
- Of Mosquitos and Killer Bees
- Can an ORV be Driven on the Beach?
- Another Court Case that Restricts Lake Access
- Attorney Writes - What are Easements?
- Lakefront Myths Other Lore
- Keeping the Family Cottage; New Tax Benefit for Transfers Between Parents and Children
- Attorney Writes - Miscellaneous Matters Regarding Docks and Swim Rafts
- Attorney Writes - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About...Plats!
- Land Gaps at Lakes
- New Limitations on Prescriptive Easement Claims at Private Road Ends and Similar Lake Access Sites
- Ask The Expert - Improper Dock and Boat Mooring at Road End
- Potpourri
- Unusual (But Potentially Helpful) Local Municipal Regulations
- Ask The Expert - Fall 2012
- You Can't Do That : Deed Restrictions
- The New Public Road Ends at Lakes Law
- Attorney Writes - Spring 2012
- Public Road Ends
- Beach Walker
- Ask the Expert - Spring 2012
- Buying and Selling Waterfront Property in Michigan
- Buying and Selling Waterfront Property - The Pitfalls
- Ask The Expert - Winter 2012
- A New Road End Bill
- Water Law - Get Your Feet Wet
- MTA Convention Outline - Water Law and Michigan Townships
- Why ML&SA and MWA?
- Lake and Lake Access Issues
- Ask The Expert - Do I need any type of permit before I install my dock?
- Two more Interesting Lake Access Easement Cases
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
- Newaygo County Governmental Summit - "Statutory Lake Improvement Boards"
- Backlotter Maneuvers and Use of Lake Bottomlands
- 2000 Baum Family Trust v Babel - R.I.P.
- Dock Permits on Michigan Lakes Tied Into the Great Lakes
- Cottage and Lakefront Living Expo Materials
- To Litigate or Not to Litigate - That is the Question
- Natural Landscaping or Blight?
- Yours Mine or Theirs
- Lake Property Tax Assessments - To Appeal or Not
- Are Artifical Lakes in Michigan Real
- Important Riparian Appellate Cases
- Proposed Legislation Regarding the Public Trust Doctrine
- You Win Some You Lose Some
- Take Advantage of the Pause
- A Clearcut Riparian Victory in Barry County
- Michigan Supreme Court to Hear Appeal
- MLSA and the MWA Word for You - Amicus Briefs
- Weed Whacker
- The 2000 Baum Family Trust v Babel Appeal
- 2000 Baum Case Decision Disaster
- Yet Another Pro Riparian Case
- Action Alert on Important Riparian Case
- Amicus Brief Co-Authored by Cliff Bloom
- Oh-Oh... Parallel Roads at Lakes Case
- Montcalm County judge applies Jacobs v Lyon Twp in a Road End Case
- Two More Pro-Riparian Road End Court Opinions
- Amicus Curaie Briefs - Are Working for You
- Enforcement!
- Am I a Lakefront Property Owner?
- Important Magician Lake Homewoners Assn, IncV Keller Township Appellate Case
- Riparians and Estate Planning
- New Michigan Court of Appeals Decision Regarding Riparian Boundary Lines
- Riparian's and Estate Planning
- Michigan Supreme Court Agrees to Review the decision in Tomechk v. Bavas
- The Michigan Supreme Court Reverses the Sunseekers Decision
- Free Lake Weed Treatment?
- Riparianism for the Great Lakes
- Wetlands (Not Swamps)
- Docks
- Odds and Ends
- Buyer and Builder Beware!
- Another Riparian Victory in the Michigan Court of Appeals
- Debunking Myths
- Debunking Myths - Part II
- The Beach Walker Case
- New Michigan Appellate Cases
- Associations – What Good Are They?
- Who Pulled The Plug on My Lake?
- What is “Navigability”?
- What Hath the Michigan Court of Appeals Wrought?
- What Happens if the Dog Catches the Car?
- What Can Be Done to Regulate Jet Skis and Personal Watercraft?
- The Top Ten Excuses–Are Your Kidding?!
- Survey Stakes
- An Overview of Lakefront Development Legal Issues
- On Water–Does Anything Go?
- A Blueprint to Protect Your Lake
- No More Excuses for Municipalities!
- Riparian Recent Events
- Liability Concerns
- Recent Michigan Appellate Cases of Interest
- “But the Realtor Told Me…”
- Why is Insurance So Important for Lake Properties?
- Dormant Lake Access
- The Top Eleven Threats to Riparians
- Battle at Higgins Lake - Grand Rapids Press Article
- Adverse Possession and Prescriptive Easements
- A Modest Proposal
- Current Topics of Interest
- Dock Wars
- Drainage Issues
- Funneling - Bad
- Getting in the Zone
- Incorporation
- Keeping it in the Family
- Lake Access - Keyhole Ordinances
- Maximum Enforcement
- Michigan Supreme Court refuses to hear a further appeal of the Higgins Lake Property Owners Association
- No Lake Access
- One Definition of Chutzpah
- Permit Requirements
- Preemption and Local Control
- Pro-Riparian Michigan Appellate Court Cases Regarding Lake Access Easements
- Properties Boundaries
- Public Accesses - Rights and Limitations
- Recent Cases of Interest
- Recent Enacted Statutes and Current Issues
- Riparian Rights and Other Legal Matters
- TRESPASS!
- Trojan Horse
- Urban Sprawl
- Weed Control
- What to do About Unreasonably Long Docks
- Where the Public Can Walk on the Beaches
- Wither Ice Mountain
- Zoning Tools
Recent Blog Posts
- Michigan Court of Appeals Upholds Zoning Escrow Fee Policy 25-Apr-2019
- Important Michigan Court of Appeals Decision regarding Zoning Site Plan Appeals to Circuit Court 25-Apr-2019
- Cliff Bloom to Teach at the Michigan Attorney Institute at the Annual Michigan Townships Association Convention 26-Mar-2019
- The Michigan Lake & Stream Associations, Inc. Annual Convention - 2019 25-Mar-2019
- Municipal Authority to Enter and Make Safe Dangerous Buildings 18-Feb-2019