Legal Opinion

City of Highland Park v. Fair Employment Practices Commission

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided November 30, 1961No. Docket 2, Calendar 48,811PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEdwards, J.

In this case plaintiffs seek to have the Michigan fair employment practices statute declared unconstitutional. To the extent that this suit brings constitutional issues properly before this Court, we find no prohibition in the Federal or State Constitution which renders the statute invalid.

This is an appeal from dismissal of a bill of complaint in which plaintiff city of Highland Park seeks to have defendant fair employment practices commission enjoined from hearing a complaint. The complainant before the commission is one Irma B. Ellison (a defendant in this case) who claimed violation of…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Federal Trade Commission v. Morton Salt Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. HirschSupreme Court of the United States · 1947

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. v. Public Service CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Iron Workers Local No. 67 v. HartSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
  3. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination v. ColangeloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
  4. Department of Civil Rights Ex Rel. Parks v. General Motors Corp.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. Department of Civil Rights Ex Rel. Cornell v. Edward W Sparrow Hospital Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1985

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