A federal judge dismissed Detroit from a civil rights lawsuit brought by a man who spent eight years in prison for four murders he didn’t commit, finding the city is immune from his claims of police misconduct because of its 2013 bankruptcy.
Read moreThousands of Detroit public schools students were told Tuesday to drink from district-supplied water coolers or bottled water on the first day of classes, after the drinking fountains were shut off because of contaminants in some water fixtures.
Read moreA Michigan man jailed for two years for attempted murder and later exonerated because of a Facebook-backed alibi prevailed Wednesday in a civil case against Detroit police officers who had asked a judge not to find them liable for falsely arresting him.
Read moreDetroit officials said Wednesday the city will shut off drinking water in all of its schools after testing revealed elevated lead and copper levels in more than half of the 24 buildings.
Read moreDetroit Mayor Mike Duggan and eight Detroit-area residents alleged in federal court Thursday that the unreasonably high premiums of Michigan’s mandatory no-fault insurance coverage violates due process and is therefore unconstitutional.
Read moreA Sixth Circuit panel ruled Thursday that Michigan law does not allow voters to void or amend a $56 million tax increment financing related to the relocation of the Detroit Pistons basketball franchise.
Read morePolice say two more suspects have been arrested in the deaths of two males whose bodies were found under a door floating in the Flint River in eastern Michigan.
Read moreA photographer and a police officer filed a federal lawsuit against Trey Songz, claiming the rapper assaulted them after becoming irate at a concert in Detroit.
Read moreDetroit reached a key step in fiscal redemption on Monday by reclaiming control of its own finances roughly three years after exiting the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
Read moreA pair of squatters whose three dogs were shot and killed by Detroit police during the execution of a search warrant argued Wednesday in the Sixth Circuit over a federal judge’s decision to dismiss their case against the city and several of its officers.
Read moreThe use of $56 million of voter-approved school tax funds for the relocation of the Detroit Pistons basketball team was challenged in the Sixth Circuit on Thursday.
Read moreU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement filed an appeal with the Sixth Circuit challenging a federal judge’s order releasing more than 100 Iraqi nationals who had been languishing in immigration-detention facilities for months.
Read moreA probationary fireman who lost his job last year after bringing a watermelon as a gift to his new black co-workers sued the city of Detroit, claiming he was singled out for punishment because he is white.
Read moreA federal judge ordered the release Tuesday of more than 100 Iraqi nationals who have been languishing for months in immigration-detention facilities.
Read moreFord Motor Company claims pro wrestling star and actor John Cena flipped a custom-built sports car without permission and the auto giant wants his profits from the unauthorized resale.
Read moreCivil rights groups have asked a federal judge in Michigan to order the release of Iraqi nationals who say they are being unlawfully detained and face persecution and death if they are forced to return to the Middle East.
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Detroit homeowners asked the Michigan Supreme Court to reconsider rulings that a tax tribunal rather than trial court should hear claims of discriminatory and inflated property taxes they say caused tens of thousands of people to lose their homes.
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A former Michigan state senator accused of shooting at his ex-wife’s car cannot be barred from seeking public office, a divided state appeals court ruled, clearing the way for him to run for a seat on the Detroit City Council this fall.
Read moreThe Michigan Department of Environmental Quality filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Flint over city officials’ refusal to sign off on a long-term contract with a Detroit-based water authority.
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