Michigan sunshine lawsuits
From Sunshine Review
Here is a list of major FOIA court decisions and their affect on the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
(The cases are listed alphabetically. To order them by year please click the icon to the right of the Year heading)
| Article | Year | Precedent |
|---|---|---|
| Booth Newspapers Inc. v. Muskegon Probate Judge | 1968 | |
| Booth Newspapers Inc. v. University of Michigan Board of Regents | 1993 | |
| Breighner v. Michigan High School Athletic Assoc. | 2004 | This case established that non-profits who serve as an agent to the state but who were not created or controlled by the state, are not subject to the Michigan Freedom of Information Act. |
| Burton v. Tuite | 1889 | |
| Detroit Free Press v. City of Allen Park | 2005 | |
| Detroit Free Press v. City of Detroit | 2005 | |
| Detroit Free Press v. Michigan Attorney General | 2005 | |
| Detroit News v. Policemen and Firemen Retirement System | 2002 | The release of documents may invalidate a future claim of exemption, but the court is required to perform an in camera inspection to determine if the information and documents are actually the same. |
| Jackson v. Eastern Michigan University | 1996 | |
| Mullin v. Detroit Police Dept. | 1984 | |
| Nowack v. Auditor General | 1928 | |
| Proctor v. White Lake Police Dept. | 2001 | This case established that the Michigan Freedom of Information Act statute that prevents state inmates from making FOIA requests is not in violation of the constitution. |
| State Defender Union Employees v Legal Aid & Defender Association of Detroit | 1998 | This case established that for a private non-profit to be state funded and thus be considered a public body subject to the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, the funding must be in the form of grants or subsidies and not as payments in exchange for goods and services rendered. |
| State Defender Union Employees v. Legal Aid and Defender Assoc. of Detroit | 1998 | |
| State Employees Association v. Dept. of Management and Budget | 1987 | |
| Swickard v. Wayne County Medical Examiner | 1991 |
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