Legal Opinion

Floyd Hardrick v. City of Detroit

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided November 22, 2017No. 16-2704/17-2077PublishedCited by 150 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Dog bites dog. So begins this federal case about searches and seizures allegedly gone awry, if not the newspaper story about the dispute. Detroit has a stray-dog problem. As many as 50,000 of them roam the city’s streets and abandoned homes, sometimes in packs. One group in a position to appreciate the seriousness of the problem, the United States Postal Service, ranked Detroit sixth in its “Annual Dog Attack City Rankings” in 2016.

The Detroit City Council sought to address thé problem by enacting an ordinance that tightened the regulation of animals within City…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1997

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3Cited by150 opinions

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  4. Gerald Novak v. William FederspielCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2025
  5. Rosemary White v. City of Detroit, Mich.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2022

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