Norberg v. City of Muskegon

Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging false arrest. Plaintiff appeals the trial court’s dismissal of the suit.

On April 17, 1978, defendant Arthur Backstrom, an inspector of housing for the City of Muskegon, and defendant Julius Winkler, Backstrom’s supervisor, signed a complaint against plaintiff. Defendants alleged that plaintiff had rented property without obtaining a certificate of occupancy in violation of city ordinance no. 752. Unknown to defendants, the ordinance had been repealed by ordinance no. 787 in February, 1976. The complaint was approved by the city attorney and an arrest…