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17 Wayne L. Rev. 353 (1971)
Constitutional Law

handle is hein.journals/waynlr17 and id is 421 raw text is: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
MAURICE KELMANt
I. EQUAL PROTECTION'
A. Fetuses, Children, Parents
In Powers v. City of Troy2 the state supreme court reaffirmed the
Michigan rule that no action lies for wrongful death due to prenatal
t Professor of Law, Wayne State University, B.A. 1956, J.D. 1959, Wayne State
University; LL.M. 1963, Harvard University; Member of the Michigan Bar.-E.
1. Constitutional law cases not discussed elsewhere in this Article are: Peek v.
Mitchell, 419 F.2d 575 (6th Cir. 1970) (refusing mandamus to compel federal, state,
and local officials to prosecute alleged civil rights violators); Davis v. Pontiac School
Dist., 309 F. Supp. 734 (E.D. Mich. 1970) (racial imbalance found to be caused by
past de jure segregation); Dewey v. Reynolds Metal Co., 300 F. Supp. 709 (W.D.
Mich. 1969) (applying first amendment free exercise standard to resolve claim of
religious discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964); Farnham v. Oakland
County Apportionment Comm., 383 Mich. 491, 175 N.W.2d 778 (1970) (constitutional-
ity of county reapportionment plan); State Bar v. Block, 383 Mich. 384, 175 N.V.2d
769 (1970) (waiver of self-incrimination privilege in disbarment proceeding); State
Bar v. Brotherhood of R.R. Trainmen, 383 Mich. 201, 174 N.W.2d 811 (1970)
(injunction compatible with first amendment as interpreted in Brotherhood of R.R.
Trainmen v. Virginia ex rel. Virginia State Bar, 377 U.S. 1 (1964)); Detroit Edison
Co. v. Department of Treasury, 382 Mich. 497, 170 N.W.2d 29 (1969) (composition
of state corporation tax appeal board violates due process)    (per three justices);
Hill v. State Highway Comm'n, 382 Mich. 298, 170 N.W.2d 18 (1969) (no constitu-
tional right of jury trial in cases of public taking of property); Nemer v. Board
of Registration for Architects, 20 Mich. App. 429, 174 N.W.2d 293 (1969) (architects
underrepresented on state licensing board, in violation of state constitution); Metro
Homes, Inc. v. City of Warren, 19 Mich. App. 664, 173 N.W.2d 230 (1969), leave
to appeal denied, 383 Mich. 761, cert. denied, 298 U.S. 959 (1970) (curative ordi-
nance imposing a sewer tap charge on previously exempted structures violates due
process); Collins v. Secretary of State, 19 Mich. App. 498, 172 N.W.2d 879 (1969),
leave to appeal granted, 383 Mich. 790 (1970) (drunk driving arrestee has no con-
stitutional right to demand blood testing); People v. Williams, 19 Mich. App. 291,
172 N.W.2d 515 (1969), leave to appeal granted, 383 Mich. 796 (1970) (harmless
error under Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18 (1967)); Edwards v. Township of
Montrose, 18 Mich. App. 569, 171 N.W.2d 555 (1969) (unreasonable zoning); Regents
of Univ. of Michigan v. Labor Mediation Bd., 18 Mich. App. 485, 171 N.W.2d 477
(1969) (public employment relations act does not invade constitutional autonomy of
state universities); City of Detroit v. Pillon, 18 Mich. App. 373, 171 N.W.2d 484
(1969) (jail term for wilful nonpayment of taxes is not prohibited imprisonment
for debt); House v. City of Bloomfield Hills, 18 Mich. App. 184, 171 N.W.2d 36
(1969), leave to appeal granted, 383 Mich. 780 (1970) (unreasonable zoning); People
v. Giacalone, 17 Mich. App. 508, 170 N.W.2d 179 (1969) (purge provision of grand
jury contempt statute an unconstitutional encroachment on gubernatorial power of
pardon).
2. 380 Mich. 160, 156 N.W.2d 530 (1968).

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