Lorraine Cab v. City of Detroit

This is a suit to restrain the city of Detroit and the Detroit police department from enforcing an ordinance regulating the operation of taxicabs (Municipal Code, City of Detroit [1945], p 349, ch 145, as amended). Plaintiffs, duly licensed in their home communities (Dearborn, Bedford, Crosse Pointe Park, and Harper Woods), provide suburban taxicab service. On numerous occasions, while driving patrons from points within Detroit to the suburbs, their drivers have been arrested for failure to comply with the licensing provisions of the Detroit ordinance. Some drivers have applied for taxicab…