Walloon Lake Water System, Inc v. Melrose Township

Plaintiff appeals and defendant Melrose Township cross-appeals as of right from the trial court’s judgment and order in which the court ruled that a letter received by the individual defendant, Lawrence Olliffe, on behalf of the defendant township was a public record subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.231 et seq.; MSA 4.1801(1) et seq., but dismissed plaintiffs complaint for mootness since defendants no longer possessed any copies of the subject letter.

The matter was submitted for trial on stipulated facts. The letter at issue was written by a William Pawtak to…