Judge George Steeh
Now this should be an interesting case.
U.S. District Judge George Steeh in Detroit ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit challenging the state's emergency manager law could go forward with a focus on allegations that it disproportionately applied to governing African-Americans, Chad Halcom of Crain's Detroit Business reports.
The judge noted that because the state has placed 52 percent of the state’s African-American population under EM appointments in various communities, but less than 2 percent of its white residents, plaintiffs had a plausible claim, Halcom wrote.
He also dismissed eight claims in a 2013 lawsuit brought by various local elected officials and members of the governing boards of religious and civil rights groups, challenging the 2012 law, Crain's Detroit Business reported.
