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DETROIT FREE PRESS, INC. v. DEPT. OF ATTORNEY GENERAL

Docket No. 264273.

722 N.W.2d 277 (2006)

271 Mich. App. 418

DETROIT FREE PRESS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 16, 2006.

Approved for Publication June 22, 2006, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication October 2, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn L.L.P. (by Herschel P. Fink and Lara Fetsco Phillip), Detroit, for the plaintiff.

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Thomas Quasarano, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Before: MURRAY, P.J., and MARK J. CAVANAGH and SAAD, JJ.

SAAD, J.

In this action under Michigan's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), MCL 15.231 et seq., defendant appeals the trial court's order that awarded plaintiff attorney fees and costs. We reverse.

I. Facts and Procedural History

The Free Press requested documents from the Attorney General's office that refer to direct wine shipments into Michigan. The Attorney General's office sent a letter to the Free Press that granted its request for any...

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