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ABICK v. STATE OF MICH.

No. 85-CV-70470-DT.

607 F.Supp. 687 (1985)

John M. ABICK, James R. Bradley, John B. Carruthers, Gerald Clancy, Isadore Coles, Ruth Cotten, Lucius C. Daniel, Jr., Charles W. David, Raymond C. De Ryck, Bruce Goldsmith, Richard A. Hentscehl, Calvin C. Hopkins, Lloyd Jackson, Raymond Kay, John J. Kiritsis, Edward B. Lewand, Phillip Mullen, Steve Radulovich, Elmer Raskin, Clay Reeves, Francis D. Ryan, George L. Van Antwerp, Jr., Bernard Vessels, Richard Viecelli, Julius Watson, Edward Wojtowicz, Charmie Currie, Robert Eston, Thornton Jackson, James Kinnard, Alfonso Newkirk, Robert Perry, Theodis Poole, Robert Ruhl, William Shuford, Raymond Sikora, Ernest Solomon, and Jeramia Weatherly, Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF MICHIGAN, Chief Justice G. Mennen Williams, Justice Dorothy Comstock Riley, Justice Charles L. Levin, Justice James L. Ryan, Justice James H. Brickley, Justice Michael F. Cavanagh, Justice Patricia J. Boyle, and State Judiciary Council, jointly and severally, Defendants.

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

April 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sue E. Radulovich, Ronald P. Sandler, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Merry A. Rosenberg, George H. Weller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for defendants.

OPINION

FEIKENS, Chief Judge.

This action is brought by certain bailiffs ("plaintiffs") for the State of Michigan who allege that the new Michigan Court Rules violate their constitutional rights. Specifically, they claim that by authorizing persons other than bailiffs to serve process, the Rules deprive plaintiffs of a property interest without due process of law or just compensation. I conclude that defendants are immune from suit by virtue of the Eleventh...

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