DAVIS v. CHATMAN

Docket No. 299021.

808 N.W.2d 555 (2011)

292 Mich. App. 603

DAVIS v. CHATMAN.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 17, 2011, at 9:15 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marlinga Law Group, PLLC, Clinton Township (by Carl J. Marlinga ), and the Law Offices of Culpepper Kinney, Detroit (by Robert F. Kinney ) for plaintiff.

Peggy K. Madden for defendant.

Marianne Talon , Corporation Counsel, and Janet Anderson-Davis , Assistant Corporation Counsel, for the Wayne County Board of Canvassers.

Before: FORT HOOD, P.J., and MURRAY and GLEICHER, JJ.


MURRAY, J.

Two seats were up for election in 2010 on the Highland Park School District Board of Education, one of which was held by plaintiff, Robert Davis. Plaintiff, with Debra J. Humphrey and defendant, Clifford Chatman, was one of seven candidates vying for the school board positions. When plaintiff finished in third place behind defendant, he sought and obtained a judgment granting a writ of quo warranto. As a consequence, defendant's election victory was invalidated...

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