ELLSWORTH v. CITY OF LANSING

Nos. 5:97-cv-150, 5:97-cv-151, 5:97-cv-193.

34 F.Supp.2d 571 (1998)

Gary ELLSWORTH and Sherry Ellsworth, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF LANSING, Defendant. Gerald Storms and Kim Storms, Plaintiffs, v. City of Lansing, Defendant. Clark Askew, to be referred to as First Amendment Group, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The City of Lansing, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

December 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel C. Willman, Daniel C. Willman Law Offices, Farmington Hills, MI, for Gary Ellsworth, plaintiffs.

David K. Otis, Plunkett & Cooney, PC, Lansing, MI, for Lansing, City of, defendants.

G. Martin Cole, Rothberg & Logan, Fort Wayne, IN, for Avis Industrial Corp., defendant.


OPINION RE DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS AND/OR FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

HILLMAN, Senior District Judge.

These consolidated cases arise out of a series of actions taken by the Lansing Police Department on May 29, 1997, involving the use of tear gas on union demonstrators outside the Melling Forge plant in Lansing, Michigan. Plaintiffs in two actions (case nos. 5:97-cv-150, 151) are certain area residents who were exposed to the tear gas in their nearby...

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