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The reaction comes after the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that some policies put in place for businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic were unconstitutional.

Macomb County restaurants file lawsuit against Whitmer, other officials over closures Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press © Volodymyr Rozumii, Getty Images/iStockphoto Michigan restaurants have been closed to indoor dining since a state health department order went into effect on Nov. 18. A newly formed Macomb County restaurant group has sued Michigan officials over state shutdown orders during the past year amid the coronavirus pandemic. "They're killing us," Sam Backos, owner of Ernie's in Clinton Township told the Free Press Monday evening. Backos is among the restaurants...

Albert Addis is the Macomb County attorney representing the recently formed Macomb County Restaurant, Bar and Banquet Association. Addis alleges that under the state’s constitution the restaurant business has been taken away without "just compensation." “We filed this lawsuit on a simple legal premise that we think is strong, and one that has not been decided by any court yet,” Addis told the Macomb Daily. “That premise is the Michigan constitution does not allow the government by fiat to take away people’s property and businesses without just compensation." The association is aski...