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WALSH v. CITY OF RIVER ROUGE

No. 21 June Term 1971, Docket No. 52,907.

385 Mich. 623 (1971)

189 N.W.2d 318

WALSH v. CITY OF RIVER ROUGE

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 27, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Logan & Huchla, for defendants.

Amici Curiae:

American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (by Erwin Ellmann, Chairman, Joel M. Shere, Sheldon M. Meizlish, and Sheridan V. Holzman, Co-Chairmen, Legal Committee).

City of Ypsilanti (by Bronson & Egnor).

ADAMS, J.

The City of River Rouge has a geographical area of approximately one square mile. It is one of 18 so-called "downriver" communities south of Detroit within the County of Wayne. On Monday, April 27, 1970, fighting between black and white students at River Rouge High School spread into the streets of that city. Following an afternoon during which police reinforcements were called in and looting and vandalism occurred, the Mayor of River Rouge issued a proclamation...

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