Michigan’s restaurant owners are nearing the end of their rope. The current COVID-19 virus restrictions imposed by the Governor are killing them off across the state. They are now closing at a rate of nearly 9 every single day. So far the state legislature has been powerless to do much about it. And lawsuits have similarly had little impact.
More than 4 dozen restaurants and bars in the Detroit area are going after Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the new director of the state Health and Human Services Department for literally taking their businesses away from them.
The Macomb County restaurants and bars claim the state government is literally taking their businesses away from them by closing them or restricting how they can do business. It’s an argument similar to what Michigan bowling alleys recently advanced in their fight against the state. They are invoking the “takings clause” based on the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment. It is generally interpreted to say that if the
Macomb County restaurants band together to sue Michigan over COVID-19 restrictions
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Macomb County businesses sue state officials for damages over closures
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