MICHIGAN PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SERVICE, INC. v. BABIN

No. 92-2073.

18 F.3d 337 (1994)

MICHIGAN PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SERVICE, INCORPORATED; William Carleton, by Tabako Carleton, guardian; Christopher McClain, by Tess Dubb, guardian; Beverly Brooky; Rose Jeanette; John Spencer, by Oakdale Guardianship, Incorporated, guardian; Louise Crowell; Dixie Edmonds; Sandra Foster, by Macomb Oakland Guardianship, Incorporated, guardian; Cynthia Wendt, by Shirley Daroci, guardian; Martin Briski, by Lydia Briski, guardian; Rochelle Schafer, by Linda Binder Deutch, guardian; Warren Ufford, by David Ufford, guardian, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Fania Antonias; Virginia Mallan, Plaintiffs, v. Peggy BABIN; Florence Hammonds; Nosh Ivanovic; Katrina Ivanovic; Scott Babin; John R. Kersten; Town & Country-Sterling Heights, Incorporated, doing business as Century 21 Town and Country Realtor; Thomas G. Fortin; Paul V. Hebert, Defendants-Appellees, Michelle Rhodes; Alan Rhodes; Samuel Thompson; Joseph Maguire; Shelby Township, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1994.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied April 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart R. Hakola (argued and briefed), Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service, Marquette, MI, Calvin A. Luker, Livonia, MI, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kevin F. O'Shea (argued and briefed), Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile, Detroit, MI, Samuel M. Thompson, Rochester, MI, for Peggy Babin.

Thomas W. Cranmer (briefed), Miro, Miro & Weiner, Donald K.S. Petersen (argued), Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Florence Hammonds.

Kevin A. McNulty, Troy, MI, for Nosh Ivanovic and Katrina Ivanovic.

Samuel M. Thompson, Rochester, MI, for Scott Babin.

James V. Carnago (argued and briefed), Laura M. Janeczko-Beam, Troy, MI, for John R. Kersten.

James V. Carnago, Laura M. Janeczko-Beam, James S. Vecchio, Troy, MI, for Town & Country-Sterling Heights, Inc.

Michael K. Lee, Mark S. Koppelman (briefed), Southfield, MI, for Thomas G. Fortin.

Mark S. Koppelman, Southfield, MI, for Paul V. Hebert.

David K. Flynn, Leslie A. Simon (briefed), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for U.S. amicus curiae.

Before: BOGGS and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied April 13, 1994.

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

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