Legal Opinion
American Atheists, Inc. v. City of Detroit Downtown Development Authority
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 28, 2009No. 07-2398, 07-2400, 07-2445PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
As part of its efforts to revitalize the local economy, the City of Detroit in the late 1990s built a new stadium, Comerica Park, for its professional baseball team (the Tigers) and a new stadium, Ford Field, for its football team (the Lions). Soon after completing the stadiums (stadia if you like), Detroit sought to feature them by putting in bids to host the Super Bowl for the National Football League, the All-Star game for Major League Baseball and most recently the Men’s Basketball Final Four for the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
When the first of…
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