American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. City of Detroit

This litigation arises out of an attempt by the leaders of three counties in the Metropolitan Detroit area, acting in concert with the mayor of the city of Detroit, to create a transit system entitled Detroit Area Regional Transportation Authority (DARTA) to serve the tri-county area. Plaintiff labor unions and individual plaintiff Leamon Wilson (plaintiffs) 1 filed a complaint challenging the creation of DARTA. Plaintiffs named the corporate entities that comprised DARTA as defendants: the Regional Transit Coordinating Council (RTCC), an entity created by statute to collect funds and…