STATE NEWS v. MSU

Docket No. 271433.

735 N.W.2d 649 (2007)

274 Mich. App. 558

STATE NEWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided March 6, 2007, at 9:15 a.m.

Released for Publication June 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (by Herschel P. Fink and Brian D. Wassom), Detroit, for the plaintiff.

Theresa Kelley, East Lansing, for the defendant.

Debra A. Kowich, Ann Arbor, Eileen Jennings, Mt. Pleasant, Kenneth McKanders, Ypsilanti, Marvin Krislov, Ann Arbor, Carol L.J. Hustoles, Kalamazoo, Louis A. Lessem, Detroit, and Victor A. Zambardi, Rochester Hills, for the boards of regents of the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University; the boards of trustees of Central Michigan University, Western Michigan University, and Oakland University; and the Wayne State University Board of Governors, for Amici Curiae.

Bernardi, Ronayne & Glusac (by John J. Ronayne, III; and Katherine W. MacKenzie), Plymouth, for the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Michigan Press Association.

Before: WHITBECK, C.J., and BANDSTRA and SCHUETTE, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff State News appeals as of right the trial court's order dismissing its action against defendant Michigan State University (MSU) brought under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).1 State News filed a FOIA request for a copy of a police incident report related to an assault that occurred in a dormitory on MSU's East Lansing campus. MSU denied the request under FOIA's privacy exemption2...

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