Legal Opinion
City of East Lansing v. Deutsch
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided August 27, 1969No. Docket 5,767PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBronson, J.
Defendant, Marlene Joan Deutsch, along with several other students from Michigan State University, decided to demonstrate for passage of a fair housing ordinance which was pending before the City Council of East Lansing. Thus, on May 25, 1965, the defendant and others proceeded to the City Hall, located in the 400 block of Abbott Boad, and they sat down in the street. This action completely blocked the street to all vehicular traffic.
This group of sit-in protestors refused to disperse. The mayor of East Lansing read an ordinance [eh. II, art II, § 2-2.1, subsection (q)] and asked everyone to…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Lovell v. City of GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by6 opinions
- People v. StockwellMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
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- Henrichs Ex Rel. Oberbillig v. HildrethSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
- City of Fremont v. BeattyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. HeflinMichigan Supreme Court · 1990
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