GLOVER v. PAROLE BD.

Docket No. 111221, Calendar No. 12.

596 N.W.2d 598 (1999)

460 Mich. 511

Mary GLOVER, Petitioner-Appellee, v. MICHIGAN PAROLE BOARD, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal Bush and John F. Royal, Detroit, for plaintiff-appellee.

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Chester S. Sugierski, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Lansing, for defendant-appellant.

Barbara R. Levine, Lansing, Amicus Curiae, for Prisons and Corrections Section, State Bar of Michigan.

Jeanice Dagher-Margosian and Stuart G. Friedman, Detroit, Amicus Curiae, for American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan and Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.


Opinion

BRICKLEY, J.

We granted leave to appeal in this case to review the propriety of the Court of Appeals holdings that (1) an individual serving a parolable life sentence has a federal and state due process right to a written explanation of why parole was denied, and (2) the parole board is subject to the Open Meetings Act.1

Although we reverse the Court of Appeals holding...

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