Detroit Branch v. City of Dearborn

Defendant, the City of Dearborn, appeals as of right from a decision of the Wayne Circuit Court which declared unconstitutional portions of a Dearborn ordinance restricting the use of most city parks by nonresidents. In its September 29, 1986, decision, the circuit court held that, regarding two specific Dearborn parks (Ford Woods Park and Crowley Park) certain portions of the ordinance (§§ 4, 5, 6 and 7) violated Const 1963, art 1, § 2, which prohibits racial discrimination against any individual while exercising his or her civil rights; and that, regarding all Dearborn parks, those same…