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STATE NEWS v. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Docket No. 133682. (Calendar No. 3).

753 N.W.2d 20 (2008)

481 Mich. 692

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

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 16, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Theresa Kelley, East Lansing, for the defendant.

Debra A. Kowich, Gloria A. Hage, Eileen K. Jennings, Kenneth A. McKanders, Miles J. Postema, Paul J. Tomasi, Catherine L. Dehlin, Victor A. Zambardi, Louis Lessem, and Carol Hustoles, for the Regents of the University of Michigan, the boards of trustees of Central Michigan University, Ferris State University, Michigan Technological University, Oakland University, and Western Michigan University, the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents, the Northern Michigan University Board of Control, and the Wayne State University Board of Governors, amici curiae.

Bernardi, Ronayne & Glusac (by Katherine W. MacKenzie), Plymouth, for the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Michigan Press Association, amici curiae.

Stuart J. Dunnings III, Charles Koop, and Kahla D. Arvizu, for the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, the Michigan Sheriffs' Association, and the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police, amici curiae.

YOUNG, J.

This case involves the applicability of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) privacy and law-enforcement-purposes exemptions to a police incident report. Following a notorious assault of several Michigan State University students in a dormitory room, plaintiff State News made a FOIA request that defendant Michigan State University disclose the report. Michigan State resisted this request, claiming that the FOIA privacy and law-enforcement-purposes exemptions...

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