NELSON v. KNOX

No. 13155.

256 F.2d 312 (1958)

Alice P. NELSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Ronald Nelson, deceased, Appellant, v. David R. KNOX, Robert C. Akins et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 19, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore F. Hughes, Berkley, Mich. (Hugh K. Davidson and Joseph A. Lang, Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for appellant.

Guy Bratton, Detroit, Mich., and James S. Thorburn, Royal Oak, Mich. (Bratton, Bratton & Roskopp, Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for appellees.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


STEWART, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Nelson brought a civil action for damages against the Mayor, City Manager, and Commissioners of the City of Huntington Woods, Michigan, for alleged deprivation of his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983. The complaint alleged that the defendants had intentionally destroyed Nelson's garage business in Huntington Woods by passing and enforcing arbitrary and discriminatory ordinances....

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