Legal Opinion
Speet v. Schuette
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided August 24, 2012No. Case No. 1:11-CV-972PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROBERT J. JONKER, District Judge.
In this case, Plaintiffs James Speet and Ernest Sims challenge a Michigan statute, Mich. Comp. L. § 750.167(l)(h), that makes it a crime to beg in a public place. They assert that the statute, both on its face and as applied to them, violates the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. They seek declaratory and injunctive relief. They also seek damages against individual police officers who enforced the statute, and against the City of Grand Rapids.
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2Cases cited49 opinions
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3Cited by4 opinions
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