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GOODE v. DSS

Docket No. 77428.

143 Mich. App. 756 (1985)

373 N.W.2d 210

GOODE v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Hoort, for Selma Goode and Westside Mothers Welfare Rights Organization.

Legal Services of Eastern Michigan (by Terri L. Stangl), for Intermediate and United Welfare Rights Organizations.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Erica Weiss Marsden, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.

Before: D.E. HOLBROOK, JR., P.J., and ALLEN and E.M. THOMAS, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs, who are an individual and three welfare rights organizations, seek to compel defendant, Michigan Department of Social Services, to conduct its contested case hearings in conformity with the Open Meetings Act, MCL 15.261 et seq.; MSA 4.1800(11) et seq. This is an original action for mandamus.

Plaintiffs contend that the Open Meetings Act is violated by the defendant's having approximately 75 percent of the hearings conducted...

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