BY LAURI CROCE, ESQ. In a Michigan case, Village of Hickory Pointe Homeowners Association v. Smyk(2004) 262 Mich. App. 512; 686N.W.2d 506, the appellate court sided with the plaintiff association when the defendant homeowners installed abackyard deck that did not conformto the Association’s CC&Rs, despite the homeowners’ claim that the violation was so minor as [...]