Judge Dismisses Claims That Parking Ticket Chalk Marks Violate Constitution

Mealey's (September 19, 2017, 1:37 PM EDT) -- BAY CITY, Mich. — A Michigan federal judge on Sept. 15 dismissed a class lawsuit accusing a Michigan county and one of its employees of violating the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by marking tires of parked cars prior to issuing parking tickets (Alison Patricia Taylor v. City of Saginaw, et al., No. 17-11067, E.D. Mich., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 149846)....