SAXON v. DSS

Docket No. 145252.

191 Mich. App. 689 (1991)

479 N.W.2d 361

SAXON v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 8, 1991, at 9:00 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michigan Legal Services (by Marilyn T. Mullane, Kathleen A. Gmeiner, and Susan K. McParland), Legal Aid of Western Michigan (by Michael O. Nelson), Legal Services of Southeastern Michigan (by Robert F. Gillett), and Barnhart & Mirer, P.C. (by Michael Barnhart), for the plaintiffs.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Gay Secor Hardy, Solicitor General, and Erica Weiss Marsden, Stephen H. Garrard, Susan A. Harris, and Robert S. Welliver, Assistant Attorneys General, for the defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Zick & Swegles, P.C. (by Cynthia Bostwick), for Michigan Up and Out of Poverty Campaign, Hunger Action Coalition, Capuchin Community Center, and Center for Human Resources.

Desiree Cooper, for New Detroit, Inc.

Mark H. Magidson, for Inter-Faith Hospitality Ministries, Cass Community United Methodist Church, and Homeless Drop-In Center.

Lawrence O. Wells, for Michigan League for Human Services.

Suzanne Sattler, for Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church and Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

David Shaltz, for Michigan Housing Coalition.

James J. Sheehan, for Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance and Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Detroit.

Sachs, Nunn, Kadushin, O'Hare, Helveston & Waldman, P.C. (by Theodore Sachs), for Michigan State AFL-CIO.

Jordan Rosen and Richard W. McHugh, for International Union, UAW.

Goodman, Eden, Millender & Bedrosian (by Diane M. Kwitoski), for Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Michigan, Area Agency on Aging Association of Michigan, Detroit Base Coalition for Human Rights of the Handicapped, Michigan Protection and Advocacy, Michigan Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Detroit Chapter.

Before: BRENNAN, P.J., GILLIS and HOOD, JJ.


GILLIS, J.

Defendant appeals by leave granted from a preliminary injunction entered by the Ingham Circuit Court on October 11, 1991. The injunction requires defendant to reinstate all persons who were General Assistance (GA) and Job Start (JS) recipients on September 30, 1991, and to take all necessary steps to immediately issue benefit checks retroactive to October 1, 1991. The injunction also requires the defendant...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases