Court Opinion

ID: 9718598
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 07:27:42.638807+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:00.593632
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H. L. Heading, J.
(concurring in part, dissenting in part). The parties appeal by right from the circuit court’s summary judgment for plaintiffs holding unconstitutional several provisions of the Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Act. MCLA 257.1301 et seq.; MSA 9.1720(1) et seq. The circuit judge permanently enjoined the Secretary of State from implementing or enforcing the provisions held unconstitutional.
Plaintiffs maintained and the trial judge agreed that the legislative scheme allowing the administrator to make rules, investigate alleged violations, prosecute, adjudicate, and impose sanctibns results in such a commingling of powers as to constitute a deprivation of due process under the Michigan Constitution.
The majority holds that this scheme which permits the administrator to make rules, investigate, prosecute, adjudicate and impose sanctions is constitutional. I disagree. I adopt the trial judge’s reasoning and concur with his conclusion that the scheme violates due process of law and is therefore unconstitutional. I do not feel that it is necessary for me to comment further because the trial judge’s opinion is well reasoned.
As to the second and third points discussed in the majority opinion, I concur.