GORDON v. CITY OF WARREN

No. 76-2204.

579 F.2d 386 (1978)

Harold H. GORDON and the Estate of Louis P. Begin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF WARREN, City of Warren Planning and Urban Renewal Commission, Jerome R. Schmeiser, Individually and his official capacity, R. Scrivo, George A. Petrie, James E. Decker, Charles R. Tefft, A. Thomas Winterfield, Kenneth MacKenzie, John M. Frolling and Francisco Torre, Individually and jointly, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg, Fred J. Fechheimer, Detroit, Mich., Timothy A. Fusco, Troy, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

W. Thomas Marrocco, Jr., and John J. Murray, Warren, Mich., Robert J. Lord, Fair Haven, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before WEICK, EDWARDS and LIVELY, Circuit Judges.


LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs appeal from summary judgment for the defendants in an action for damages. The questions for decision are whether the complaint as amended stated a federal cause of action and, if so, whether the action was barred by the applicable statute of limitations. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The plaintiffs sought to build an apartment complex on real estate which they own in Warren, Michigan. An ordinance of the...

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