Mercure v. Van Buren Township

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ROSEN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Kevin Mercure commenced this suit on January 26, 1999, in Wayne County Circuit Court, State of Michigan, asserting various federal constitutional and state-law claims arising from his discharge as a police officer for Defendant Van Burén Township (the “Township”). Among other claims, Plaintiff alleges that his employment was unlawfully terminated in violation of the U.S. and Michigan Constitutions after it was discovered that he was having an affair with the estranged wife of a…