At a Glance

 Parody troupe schedules performance

For two decades, a troupe of Detroit area attorneys has been performing musical parody throughout Michigan and the country. 

This year’s A (Habeas) Chorus Line™ show, “Chapter Nein!” will take place at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 25, at the Berkley High School Auditorium.  
 

It will feature parody including: NSA data collection, right-to-work laws, flying carp, IRS shenanigans, Detroit mayors past and future, family vacations and, of course, the Detroit bankruptcy.

Tickets are $15 each. The high school is located at the corner of Coolidge and Catalpa west of Woodward, north of I-696.

Tickets may be obtained by visiting  www.habeaschorus.com or emailing info@habeaschorus.com. They can be purchased at the door as well.
 
 

AG’s office argues on behalf of Detroit EM

 
DETROIT (AP) — A lawyer for Michigan has told a judge that Detroit’s efforts to restructure during bankruptcy would be in jeopardy without Kevyn Orr as its emergency manager.
 
Assistant Attorney General Margaret Nelson supports Orr’s decision to seek bankruptcy and told U.S. District Judge Steven Rhodes last week that the law that led to Orr’s hiring is constitutional.

Rhodes held hearings ahead of this week’s trial to determine whether Detroit is eligible for bankruptcy. 

Lawyers for city unions, retirees and pension funds say the state’s emergency manager law is unconstitutional and that Orr will use bankruptcy to cut municipal pensions. 

They say pensions are protected by Michigan’s Constitution.
 
 

Young prisoners sue over alleged sex abuse

ANN ARBOR (AP) — A lawyer has sued Michigan on behalf of seven boys who say they were sexually and physically abused while in Michigan’s prison system.
 
Ann Arbor attorney Deborah LaBelle won a 2009 settlement for hundreds of female Michigan prisoners who said corrections officers sexually abused them.

Last week, she sued in federal court for seven male prisoners who report other inmates abused them when they were under 18. LaBelle requests class action status for the case on behalf of “at least 500 children” ages 14 and 17 who’ve been housed in Michigan prisons at least a year in the last three years.

The Michigan Department of Corrections tells the Detroit Free Press that it hasn’t housed 17-year-olds in the general prison population since mid-August.
 
 

What is hookah smoke? Judge to decide

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Rapid City judge who will decide whether hookah consumption falls under South Dakota’s ban on smoking in public places sampled the product to get firsthand experience.
 
Judge Jeff Davis is presiding over a trial that will determine whether Ifrits Hookah Lounge can sell alcohol. The statewide smoking ban prohibits businesses that sell tobacco from also selling alcohol.
 
Ifrits stopped selling alcohol in 2010 after authorities told the business it would be cited for violating the law. The business then sued.

Assistant City Attorney Carla Cushman says hookah smoke is tobacco smoke. Ifrits attorney Steven Wesolick says hookah smoke is different from cigarette or cigar smoke.

Davis will decide. Recently, he went to the lounge and took a draw from a hookah pipe himself.

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