The United States
and Canada
peacefully share the world’s longest border, but a bridge linking the two
countries has prompted legal fireworks -- including the jailing of an
84-year-old billionaire and one of his top business aides.
Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Prentis Edwards on
Thursday ordered Manuel “Matty” Moroun, 84, and Dan Stamper, an executive with
Detroit International Bridge Co., to jail for failing to comply with deadlines
to build freeway connections to the Ambassador Bridge, which links Detroit and
Windsor, Ontario.
Both men were taken out of a Detroit
courtroom and sent to jail until they comply with the judge’s order that they
complete their contract with the state to build the connecting ramps. Read more
here.
