SHEFFIELD v. DETROIT CITY CLERK

No. 357298, No. 357299.

976 N.W.2d 95 (2021)

337 Mich. App. 492

Horace SHEFFIELD III and Rodrick Harbin, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DETROIT CITY CLERK and Detroit Election Commission, Defendants, and Detroit Charter Revision Commission, Intervening Defendant-Appellant. Allen A. Lewis and Ingrid D. White, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Detroit City Clerk and Detroit Election Commission, Defendants, and Detroit Charter Revision Commission, Intervening Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 3, 2021, 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Honigman, LLP (by Mark A. Burton , Lansing and Andrew M. Pauwels , Detroit) for plaintiffs.

Varnum, LLP (by Aaron M. Phelps , Kyle P. Konwinski , Regan A. Gibson , Grand Rapids, and Jailah D. Emerson ) and Lamont D. Satchel for the Detroit Charter Revision Commission.

Sugar Law. Center for Economic & Social Justice (by John C. Philo , Detroit and Tonya Myers Phillips ) for legal scholars, Amici Curiae.

Before: Cameron, P.J., and Karen M. Fort Hood and Letica, JJ.


In these consolidated appeals, intervening defendant-appellant, the Detroit Charter Revision Commission, appeals as of right the trial court's opinion and order granting mandamus relief to plaintiffs and compelling defendants, the Detroit City Clerk and the Detroit Election Commission, to remove Proposal P from the ballot

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