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PHILLIPS v. SNYDER

No. 15-2394.

836 F.3d 707 (2016)

Catherine PHILLIPS, et al., Plaintiffs, Russell Bellant; Tawanna Simpson; Lamar Lemmons; Elena Herrada; Donald Watkins; Kermit Williams; Juanita Henry; Mary Alice Adams; William Kincaid; Paul Jordan; Bernadel Jefferson; Dennis Knowles; Jim Holley; Charles E Williams; Michael A Owens; Lawrence Glass; Deedee Coleman; Allyson Abrams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard D. SNYDER; Andrew Dillon, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 12, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Herbert A. Sanders , The Sanders Law Firm, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, John C. Philo , Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, Detroit, Michigan, Julie H. Hurwitz , Goodman and Hurwitz, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Ann M. Sherman , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Herbert A. Sanders , The Sanders Law Firm, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, John C. Philo , Sugar Law Center For Economic & Social Justice, Detroit, Michigan, Julie H. Hurwitz , William H. Goodman , Goodman and Hurwitz, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, Mark P. Fancher , ACLU Fund of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Cynthia Heenan , Constitutional Litigation Associates, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Ann M. Sherman , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH, ROGERS, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

When the finances of a Michigan municipality or public school system are in jeopardy, a state law allows for the temporary appointment of an emergency manager to right the ship. An emergency manager's powers in pursuing this end are extensive and arguably displace all of those of the local governmental officials...

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