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GARRETT v. CITY OF HAMTRAMCK

Nos. 73-1862, 73-1863.

503 F.2d 1236 (1974)

Sarah Sims GARRETT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF HAMTRAMCK, a municipal corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for federal defendants-appellants; Ralph B. Guy, Jr., U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., Irving Jaffe, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert E. Kopp, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief.

Thomas C. Mayer, Mayer & Mayer, Detroit, Mich., for municipal defendants-appellants; Edmund E. Torcellini City Atty., City of Hamtramck, James F. Nowicki, Asst. City Atty., Hamtramck, Mich., on brief.

John M. Ferren, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-appellees; Allen R. Snyder, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., Michael J. Barnhart, Center of Urban Law and Housing, Detroit, Mich., on brief.

Before LIVELY and ENGEL, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.

LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

This civil rights action is concerned with the urban renewal activities of the City of Hamtramck, Michigan, which is surrounded by the City of Detroit on three sides and the City of Highland Park on the fourth, and contains slightly more than two square miles of area. It is located in a highly industrialized area with a population largely of Polish extraction. The non-white population of the City never exceeded 15 percent during the period involved...

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