FAIR DRAIN TAXATION, INC. v. CITY OF ST. CLAIR SHARES, MICH.

Civ. A. No. 24000.

219 F.Supp. 646 (1963)

FAIR DRAIN TAXATION, INC., a nonprofit Michigan Corporation, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF ST. CLAIR SHORES, MICHIGAN, a Michigan Municipal Corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Michigan, S. D.

July 16, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson M. Jackson, Harper Woods, Mich., William L. Sanders, Harper Woods, Mich., of counsel, for plaintiffs.

John H. Yoe, Detroit, Mich., Charles R. Moon, Dickenson, Wright, McKean & Cudlip, Detroit, Mich., of counsel, for defendants City of St. Clair Shores, Inc., Thomas S. Welsh, Bernard Kelehar, Frank Biehl and 12 Drainage Districts as Individual Bodies Corporate.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Maxine Boord Virtue and Gerald J. O'Reilly, Asst. Attys. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for State of Mich. and Michigan Municipal Finance Comm.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Louis J. Caruso and Florence N. Clement, Asst. Attys. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for John C. Mackie, State Highway Comm. of Michigan.

Alfred A. Blomberg, Civil Counsel, Ray W. McPeters, Asst. Civil Counsel, Mount Clemens, Mich., for The County of Macomb, a Municipal Corporation.

William B. Ward, East Detroit, Mich., for the City of Roseville, a Michigan Municipal Corporation.

Chester C. Pierce, Detroit, Mich., for Wayne County Drain Comm.

Carl B. Weymouth, East Detroit, Mich., for City of East Detroit, Mich.

Before O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge, LEVIN, Chief District Judge and MACHROWICZ, District Judge.


MACHROWICZ, District Judge.

This is a class action instituted on behalf of the named plaintiffs of the Michigan cities of St. Clair Shores, East Detroit, and Roseville and all other similarly situated taxpayers of the State of Michigan to enjoin as unconstitutional the enforcement or the taking of any proceeding under the provisions of §§ 11.1461-11.1490 Mich.Stat.Ann., Comp. Laws Supp.1956, § 280.461-280.489 and § 280.490 as added by Pub.Acts...

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