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IN RE CITY OF DETROIT, MICH.

No. 15-2236.

841 F.3d 684 (2016)

IN RE: CITY OF DETROIT, MICH., Debtor. Maurikia Lyda, John Smith, Nicole Hill, Rosalyn Walker, Annette Parham, Janice Ward, Sylvia Taylor, Scott Eubank, Joanne Jackson, and Tammika R. Williams, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Michigan Welfare Rights Organization; People's Water Board; National Action Network — Michigan Chapter; Moratorium Now!, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. City of Detroit, Mich.; Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 14, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mark P. Fancher , ACLU FUND OF MICHIGAN, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Marc N. Swanson , MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK AND STONE, P.L.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Mark P. Fancher , ACLU FUND OF MICHIGAN, Detroit, Michigan, Alice B. Jennings , EDWARDS & JENNINGS P.C., Detroit, Michigan, Kurt Thornbladh , THORNBLADH LEGAL GROUP PLLC, Dearborn, Michigan, John C. Philo , MAURICE & JANE SUGAR LAW CENTER FOR ECONOMIC & SOCIAL JUSTICE, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Marc N. Swanson , Jonathan S. Green , Sonal H. Mithani , Ronald A. Spinner , MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK AND STONE, P.L.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: SUTTON, GRIFFIN, and DONALD, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

This appeal stems from an adversary proceeding in the City of Detroit's chapter 9 bankruptcy case. Plaintiffs are customers, and the purported representatives of customers, of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD). Relying primarily on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Monell v. Department of Social...

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