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DETROIT - A chanting
line of picketer demonstrating
in front of Amurcon Apartment
Management Comp ny's
Southfield office able to ac­
complish h t earlier mcetinp
had failed to achieve - a
promise by Amureon that things
ould get better.
The March 9 demonstration
organized by members 0
the Hou ing Co lition Core
Group (HCCG), tenants of 11
buildings located in downtown .
Detroit all managed by Amur­
con, and United Community
Ho in Coalition (UCHC).
"Th. pi eket could have been
avoided, s id How rd Wil­
liams, HCCG Vice President.
He noted the organizations
had met with representatives of
Amurcon and Michigan State
Hou ing Development
Authority (MSHDA) in
J nuary to present the tenant
grievances.
The tenants arc demanding
that Amurcon ovide clean
and s fe buildi and treat the
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days, months or one year,
depending on the type of case.
Allprobate cases uld have to
be completed within one year
under the high court's case com­
pletion guidelines.
Deputy State Court Ad­
min· trator John Perry said the
ale's 241 trial courts have a
variety of ways to meet the time
guideline including develop­
ing a case man ement plan
with each chief judge and set­
tin up a schedule of events for
each case once its filed.
courts do n take con 01 of
case from the beginning, it wiD
take longer."
Another way to reduce back­
log is by enforcing tougher
standards for case postpone-
ments, he dded. ,
"Parties should have 0 show
good cause to request
postponement since cased that
have postponements t e that
much longer to resolve," Ferry
·d
Deegan said the i ue of judi­
cial backlog has been examined
for almost 10 years at the tate
Supreme Court level The time
guidelines are similar to on
propo ed earlier by the
Michigan Bar Association.
In 1988 alone. 3.3 million
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"If people there is
date set, they ill be more
prepared, settle more cases
before trial - � will ve
along more qui y," he . d "If .
CUTTING DOW THE
LOGJA
LANSING - A case-flow
management task force has
recommendations guidlelines
to answer citizens' demands for
a speedier tte court system,
said Michigan Supreme Court
A ociate Justice Dennis Ar­
cher. I
-We want to e our courts
more user-friendly," Archer
said "We looked at all our
courts to determine bow e
might tinker ·tb the local legal
culture withou interfe�ing with
due process or rights to fair
trial"
The ti guidelines require
circuit, districts and probate
cour to comp ete cased within
SUGGESTED TO COMPlETE
100% OF COURT CASE