American Motorcycle Ass'n v. Department of State Police

This is a review of a summary judgment 1 granted in a proceeding requesting a declaration of rights as to the constitutionality of the amendment 2 to the motor vehicle code requiring motorcyclists and riders to wear crash helmets.

■ Plaintiffs challenge the act on the grounds that it violates the due process and reserved powers clauses of the Michigan Constitution 3 and the due process, equal protection, and right of privacy provisions of the Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States. 4

The statute in question reads as follows:

“A person operating or riding on a…