Settles v. Detroit City Clerk

Plaintiff, James U. Settles, filed this emergency appeal to challenge Wayne Circuit Judge Richard C. Kaufman’s June 21, 1988, order dismissing this action. In that decision, the circuit court refused to order an initiative removed from the August 2, 1988, primary ballot in the City of Detroit. The purported intent of the initiative is to place on the ballot an ordinance to bar "casino gambling” from the City of Detroit, including Belle Isle, in the event that casino gambling is approved by state law. For. the reasons stated in this opinion, we affirm the order of the circuit court refusing…