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EVENING NEWS ASS'N v. CITY OF TROY

Docket No. 66268, (Calendar No. 7).

417 Mich. 481 (1983)

339 N.W.2d 421

THE EVENING NEWS ASSOCIATION v. CITY OF TROY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided October 24, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile (by Richard E. Rassel and James E. Stewart) for the plaintiff.

John J. Martin, III, Assistant City Attorney, for the City of Troy.

Amicus Curiae:

Butler, Modelski & Bunting (by Jeffrey Butler and Lawrence J. Bunting) for the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police.

Decided October 24, 1983. Rehearing denied 418 Mich. 1202.

WILLIAMS, C.J. (for remand).

This is a case of first impression concerning the Michigan Freedom of Information Act. MCL 15.231 et seq.; MSA 4.1801(1) et seq. We are asked to determine whether the identities of two police officers and their incident reports describing the David Prior homicide, which were both requested by the plaintiff newspaper, were properly withheld from disclosure...

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