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Author    Post   untanglingwebs El Supremo http://deadlinedetroit.com/articles/10937/fed_judges_sees_some_validity_to_race_claim_in_suit_against_emergency_manager_law#.VG1lgYu9LCR Fed Judges Sees Some Validity to Race Claim in Suit Against Emergency Manager Law November 19th, 2014, 6:42 PM 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. Read more: Crain's Detroit Business Thu Nov 20, 2014 5:26 pm  untanglingwebs El Supremo Judge Steeh was once an assistant prosecutor in Flint. Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:28 am    Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

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