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FOWLER v. BENSON

Nos. 17-2504/18-1089.

924 F.3d 247 (2019)

Adrian FOWLER; Kitia Harris, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jocelyn BENSON, Michigan Secretary of State, in her official capacity, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 8, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John G. Fedynsky , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. Phil Telfeyan , EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: John G. Fedynsky , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. Phil Telfeyan , Rebecca Ramaswamy , EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW, Washington, D.C., John C. Philo , MAURICE & JANE SUGAR LAW CENTER FOR ECONOMIC & SOCIAL JUSTICE, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees.

BATCHELDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which THAPAR, J., joined. DONALD, J. (pp. 19-30), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

This is a case about the constitutionality of Michigan's driver's-license suspension scheme, as applied to indigent drivers. Plaintiffs claim that the Michigan Secretary of State's suspension of an indigent person's driver's license, on the basis of unpaid court debt, violates the Fourteenth...

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