DAVIS v. DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DIST.

No. 17-1909.

899 F.3d 437 (2018)

Robert DAVIS; D. Etta Wilcoxon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Detroit Downtown Development Authority, et al., Intervening Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Andrew A. Paterson , Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellants. Kevin J. Campbell , THE ALLEN LAW GROUP, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Detroit Public Schools Appellees. David H. Fink , FINK + ASSOCIATES LAW, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Detroit Downtown Development Appellees. ON BRIEF: Andrew A. Paterson , Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellants. Kevin J. Campbell , Floyd E. Allen , Lawrence T. García , Amy M. Robertson , THE ALLEN LAW GROUP, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Detroit Public Schools Appellees. David H. Fink , Darryl Bressack , FINK + ASSOCIATES LAW, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Jeffrey M. Sangster , Dennis K. Egan , Anthony M. Sciara , Tyler P. Phillips , KOTZ SANGSTER WYSOCKI P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Detroit Downtown Development Appellees.

CLAY, J., delivered the judgment and opinion of the court, in which BOGGS and LARSEN, JJ., joined, except as to the issue discussed in Part II.B. BOGGS, J. (pg. 12), delivered the opinion of the court on that issue, in which LARSEN, J., joined.


OPINION

Plaintiffs Robert Davis and D. Etta Wilcoxon seek a declaratory judgment and mandamus relief against Defendant Detroit Public Schools Community District Board of Education, arguing that the school board has the authority and obligation, under Mich. Comp. Laws §...

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