Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Bankhead v. Mayor of River Rouge
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided June 30, 1971No. Docket 8948Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partLevin, J.
The question presented is whether the State may constitutionally enact a law granting tenants residing in public housing projects built in the City of Detroit significant rights in respect to their tenancies and their relationship with the Detroit Housing Commission without granting like advantages to tenants residing in public housing projects built in other Michigan localities.
I dissent because, in my opinion, the classification, restricting the operative effect of the law to cities having a population of 1,000,000, or over, violates the following limitation in Michigan’s Constitution:
“The…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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