Legal Opinion · Dissent

Kassab v. Michigan Basic Property Insurance

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided September 30, 1992No. 90387, (Calendar No. 3)Published

1DissentCavanagh, C.J.

I. INTRODUCTION

The majority concludes that the plaintiff in this *459case has failed to state a legally cognizable cause of action under the Civil Rights Act, MCL 37.2101 et seq.; MSA 3.548(101) et seq., with regard to his claim of discrimination on the basis of national origin in the handling and denial of his fire insurance claim. I cannot agree.

The grant order in this case was unlimited,1 and the defendants specifically raised, briefed, and argued before this Court the claim that the trial court should have granted summary disposition in their favor on the plaintiff’s Civil Rights Act claim…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Patterson v. McLean Credit UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  5. Ross v. Consumers Power Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1985

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