Pryder Cup competition scheduled for August 9
The Wayne County Probate Bar Association and the Macomb County Probate Association will face off August 9 in the 6th annual Pryder Cup at Scalawags Golf Club in Chesterfield.
The format is based on the Ryder Cup competition: two golfers from Wayne County will compete against two golfers from Macomb County based upon handicaps using a combination of best ball, scramble and every-other-shot format.
The winner of the team “competition” will be able to designate the charity to which all profits from the outing will be donated.
The Detroit Legal News is the sponsor for the event.
Participants will be teamed the day of the outing.
Lunch is at 11:30 a.m. with tee time starting at 1 p.m.
Cost is $100 per person and includes golf, cart, lunch and light dinner. The event is limited to the first 12 golfers.
Contact Walter Sakowski at 734.525.2677 for more information.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Judge picked to oversee bankruptcy case
DETROIT (AP) — An experienced judge has been appointed to handle Detroit’s bankruptcy.
Steven Rhodes has been a judge in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for nearly 30 years. He was appointed by Alice Batchelder, chief judge at the federal appeals court that covers Michigan.
Rhodes has the endorsement of the chief judge at the Bankruptcy Court as well as many federal judges across the street at U.S. District Court.
He is described by colleague Phillip Shefferly as one of the “most accomplished” in his field in the country. Shefferly says Rhodes was the unanimous choice of other judges at the court.
Rhodes has presided over many complex cases. He also plays guitar in a band called The Indubitable Equivalents, a reference to a concept in bankruptcy law.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Suit ends: Anti-Israel ad still barred from bus
ANN ARBOR (AP) — A lawsuit over the Ann Arbor bus system’s refusal to run an anti-Israel ad is finished.
AnnArbor.com recently reported the ad still won’t run but the bus agency agreed to pay some legal fees to the American Civil Liberties Union.
The ad by Blaine Coleman would have skulls and bones and say, “Boycott ‘Israel.’ Boycott Apartheid.” A federal judge last year said the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority’s policy against certain ads was vague and unconstitutional.
The bus agency has revised its policy but still won’t accept the ad. Judge Mark Goldsmith says that’s legal.
The ACLU says it filed the lawsuit because it believed Coleman’s free-speech rights were being violated.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Police target aggressive Detroit-area drivers
DETROIT (AP) — Ease up, drivers. They’re watching.
Michigan State Police say they’re putting more emphasis on catching aggressive motorists on Detroit-area freeways, through Aug. 9.
Speeding, texting, tailgating and improper phone use could cause a state trooper to put on the flashers.
State police say there have been more complaints about aggressive driving, especially at rush hour.
Troopers will be in unmarked patrol cars, but unmarked cars will not be used to make stops.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
––––––––––––––––––––
Subscribe to the Legal News!
http://legalnews.com/Home/Subscription
Full access to public notices, articles, columns, archives, statistics, calendar and more
Day Pass Only $4.95!
One-County $80/year
Three-County & Full Pass also available
