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FEDERATED PUBLICATIONS v. BD. OF TRUSTEES, MSU

Docket No. 177264.

561 N.W.2d 433 (1997)

221 Mich. App. 103

FEDERATED PUBLICATIONS, INC., d/b/a The Lansing State Journal and The Detroit News, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellee, and Attorney General, Michigan Press Association, State News, and University of Michigan Regents, Amicus Curiae.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided January 14, 1997, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication April 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. by Webb A. Smith and Charles E. Barbieri, Lansing, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hooper, Hathaway, Price, Beuche & Wallace by Roderick K. Daane, Ann Arbor, for defendant-appellee.

Amicus curiae Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Irene M. Mead and Amy L. Rosenberg, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Attorney General.

Amicus curiae Hackett, Maxwell & Phillips, P.L.L.C. by Dawn L. Phillips, Pontiac, for the Michigan Press Association and The State News.

Amicus curiae Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. by Carl H. Von Ende, Gregory L. Curtner, and Charles A. Duerr, Jr., Ann Arbor, for the Board of Control of Northern Michigan University and others.

Before NEFF, P.J., and FITZGERALD and C.A. NELSON, JJ.

FITZGERALD, Judge.

Federated Publications, Inc., doing business as The Lansing State Journal and The Detroit News, Inc., brought suit against the Board of Trustees of Michigan State University alleging that the procedures used by the university in the selection of M. Peter McPherson as president of the university violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA), M.C.L. § 15.261 et seq.;M.S.A. § 4.1800(11) et seq...

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