Barrow v. Detroit Mayor

Appellant, Tommy Joe Barrow, appeals as of right an opinion and order denying his emergency application for leave to file a complaint for quo warranto. Appellant filed this action for quo warranto in order to challenge the outcome of the November 2009 election of appellee Dave Bing as mayor of the city of Detroit. Because the trial court did not err by denying appellant’s application for leave for the reason that appellant failed to allege specific facts warranting further inquiry by quo warranto, we affirm.

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This action arises out of the November 3, 2009, general election in which both…