Plaintiff-Appellant Dottie Renee McAlpin challenges on jurisdictional grounds two district court orders holding her in contempt of the court's prior orders and of the settlement agreement that the parties executed in an effort to terminate the litigation underlying this appeal. Only one small part of the settlement agreement was incorporated into the court's order dismissing the suit. Thus, the court had no jurisdiction with regard to most of the order appealed from. We therefore reverse and remand for consideration of an order within the court's jurisdiction. Mencer v. Princeton Square Apartments Nos.
Plaintiffs are a husband and wife of different races.
Defendant Princeton Square Apartments is a 200-unit residential complex in Taylor, Michigan. Claiming violations of federal and state fair housing laws, plaintiffs allege that defendant denied their rental application because of their interracial marriage. The parties requested mediation. A mediation tribunal found for the plaintiffs, who rejected the award. At the close of the plaintiffs' case during a bench trial, the court granted the defendants' motion for judgment as a matter of law.