U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Shepler's Inc. v. City of Mackinac Island, MI
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Richard Allen Griffin
- Filed
- March 12, 2026
- Case
- Shepler's Inc. v. City of Mackinac Island, MI
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 26a0127n.06 No. 25-1668 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Mar 12, 2026 ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk SHEPLER’S INC, a Michigan corporation d/b/a ) Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry Service, and ) MACKINAC ISLAND FERRY COMPANY, a ) Michigan corporation doing business as Arnold ON APPEAL FROM THE ) Transit Company, UNITED STATES DISTRICT ) Plaintiffs-Appellees, ) COURT FOR THE WESTERN ) DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN v. ) ) OPINION CITY OF MACKINAC ISLAND, MICHIGAN, ) Defendant-Appellant. ) ) Before: McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges. GRIFFIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which McKEAGUE and THAPAR, JJ., concurred. McKEAGUE, J. (pp. 16–20) delivered a separate concurring opinion. GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge. Mackinac Island rests on the eastern side of the Straits of Mackinac, which separates Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas. No bridge connects it to the mainland The State of Michigan granted defendant City of Mackinac Island the authority to regulate ferry transportation to and from the Island and issue franchises. For decades, several ferry lines offered varying services and prices to customers, but in 202…
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