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YOUNG v. DETROIT CITY CLERK

No. 16 April Term 1973, Docket No. 54,620.

389 Mich. 333 (1973)

207 N.W.2d 126

YOUNG v. DETROIT CITY CLERK

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 10, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Basil W. Brown, Daniel S. Cooper, William A. Cilluffo, Roger E. Craig, Elliot S. Hall, Maurice Kelman, and George G. Newman, for plaintiffs.

Michael M. Glusac, Corporation Counsel, and John E. Cross and Maureen P. Reilly, Assistants Corporation Counsel, for defendant.

SWAINSON, J.

On December 19, 1972, Coleman Young attempted to file nominating petitions and a filing fee as a candidate for Mayor of Detroit in the primary election to be held on September 11, 1973. The filing was rejected by the defendant, City Clerk George Edwards, on the ground that Coleman Young, as an incumbent state senator, is barred from running for Mayor of Detroit by Const 1963, art 4, § 9, which provides:

"No person elected to the legislature...

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