BREIGHNER v. MICH. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASS'N, INC.

Docket No. 123529. Calendar No. 11.

683 N.W.2d 639 (2004)

471 Mich. 217

Martin B. BREIGHNER III and Kathryn Breighner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne Richard Smith, Harbor Springs, MI, for the plaintiffs.

Edmund J. Sikorski, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI, for the defendant.

Butzel Long (by Dawn Phillips Hertz), Ann Arbor, MI, for the Michigan Press Association.

Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett LLP (by Kevin C. O'Malley and Beverly Holaday), Grand Rapids, MI, for the Michigan Society of Association Executives.


Opinion

YOUNG, J.

At issue in this case is whether defendant Michigan High School Athletic Association, Inc. (MHSAA), a private, nonprofit entity that organizes and supervises interscholastic athletic events for its voluntary members, is a "public body" as that term is defined at MCL 15.232(d) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), MCL 15.231 et seq. Plaintiffs contend that the MHSAA is a public body within the meaning of the FOIA because (1) it...

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