City Court Filing Defends Ordinance; Business Says It Varies From Payday Lenders

Barbara Shelly

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The town of Liberty contends this has the ability to control companies that participate in high-interest lending, even when those companies claim to stay in a course of loan providers protected by state legislation.

The Northland city defended a recently enacted ordinance as a “valid and lawful exercise,” and asked that a judge dismiss a lawsuit brought by two installment lending companies in a recent legal filing. Continue reading →