WAS v. YOUNG

No. 91-CV-73726-DT.

796 F.Supp. 1041 (1992)

Joanne WAS, Antoinette Was, Melina Was, Deborah Sweeney and Debbie Jermanus, Plaintiffs, v. Coleman YOUNG, Stanley Knox, Cassandra Rutherford, City of Detroit and Dayton Hudson Corporation, a Minnesota corporation, Jointly and Severally, Defendants.

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

May 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Bennett, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs.

John P. Quinn, City of Detroit, Law Dept., Detroit, Mich., for defendants City of Detroit, Young and Knox.

Mark Willmarth, Detroit, Mich., for defendant Dayton Hudson Corp.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS

EDMUNDS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case arises out of beatings which allegedly occurred during the 1991 Freedom Festival Fireworks display held on June 28, 1991 at the Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit. Plaintiffs Joanne Was, Antoinette Was, Melina Was, Deborah Sweeney and Debbie Jermanus contend that the City of Detroit and the Dayton Hudson Corporation, co-sponsors of...

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