Margo Miller and Gregory Meihn Win Suit in Oakland County Circuit Court

     Margo Miller and Gregory Meihn represented residents of the City of Rochester Hills, Michigan, against the City and Mayor regarding an illegal culling of deer in city parks. A suit was filed in the Oakland County Circuit Court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. The basis of the claim was that the process used by the City Council to cull deer in city parks was in violation of city ordinances and contrary to existing Michigan law. The goal of the suit was to compel the City of Rochester Hills to follow its own ordinances and state law and to form a subcommittee of residents and politicians to make recommendations to the City and Mayor regarding management of city parks and protection of the citizens of the City of Rochester Hills, while at the same time preserving the ecosystem of the park that allows residents and wildlife to co-exist.

     The City has agreed to form a subcommittee and cease and desist from continued violation of their own ordinances and state law.