WARREN, Mich. (WXYZ) — A Michigan Appeals Court has reversed a judge's decision to remove four Warren City Council members from the August primary ballot after a lawsuit was filed challenging their term limits.
In two rulings released Thursday, the Appeals Court, it states that the plaintiff, Connor Berdy, who is also a candidate for Warren City Council, sued the defendants in an attempt to bar the candidates, arguing that they were "term-limited under and of the Warren City Council."
Council President Cecil St. Pierre, Council Vice President Steven Warner, Council Secretary Robert Boccomino and at-large Councilman Scott Stevens were initially expected to be removed from the list of names eligible to run in the 2019 election after a ruling by Macomb County Circuit Court Judge James Maceroni.
This ruling was made in May.
The defendants appealed the decision, saying that the trial court ignored a prior circuit court decision from 2015.
You can read the full Court of Appeals reversal below.
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