BARDEN DETROIT CASINO, L.L.C. v. CITY OF DETROIT

No. 99-1969.

230 F.3d 848 (2000)

BARDEN DETROIT CASINO, L.L.C., a Michigan Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF DETROIT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Carson (argued and briefed), Michelle C. Didorosi (briefed), Carson Fischer, Birmingham, MI, Arthur R. Miller (briefed), Professor, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, for Appellant.

Morley Witus (argued), Eugene Driker (briefed), Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, Detroit, MI, Eric J. Eggan (argued and briefed), Casino Control Division, Lansing, MI, for Appellees.

Before: NELSON and MOORE, Circuit Judges; WILHOIT, Chief District Judge.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206.

OPINION

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court decision rebuffing a challenge to the constitutionality of a legalized casino gambling scheme adopted by the City of Detroit. A city ordinance allowed the mayor to give preference in the casino licensing process to applicants that had campaigned on behalf of a voter initiative legalizing casinos. Contending that this preference (as...

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