LEWIS v. CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS

No. 15669.

356 F.2d 276 (1966)

Alphonse LEWIS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

February 16, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell A. Miles, Grand Rapids, Mich., for appellants, William J. Garlington, City Atty., Dutchess, Mika, Miles, Meyers & Snow, Grand Rapids, Mich., on brief.

George W. Crockett, Jr., Detroit, Mich., for appellee, Alphonse Lewis, Jr., Grand Rapids, Mich., Charles M. Waugh, James Kobza, Muskegon, Mich., on brief.

Before CECIL, O'SULLIVAN and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.


O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and its Chief of Police, William A. Johnson, challenge a judgment of the United States District Court which vacated an order of the Grand Rapids City Commission denying approval of the transfer of a Class C liquor license to plaintiff-appellee, Alphonse Lewis, and affirmatively ordered the Chief to recommend and the City to grant such approval. Under the Michigan Liquor Control Act, such approval...

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