Michigan Towing Ass'n, Inc. v. City of Detroit

Plaintiffs filed a bill of complaint against the city of Detroit, its mayor and police department, on June 9,1960, alleging that on November 25, 1958, the common council adopted an ordinance providing:

“No disabled motor vehicle shall be towed on any expressway between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. or between the hours of 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., except that any vehicle disabled on an expressway during such hours may be towed to the nearest exit ramp and thence to the surface streets.” (Ordinance No 348-F.)

Plaintiffs further alleged that defendants “have attempted to enforce and threaten to attempt…