Payne v. Grand Rapids Police Chief

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from an order granting summary disposition to defendants upholding their denial of a request brought by plaintiffs under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.231 et seq.; MSA 4.1801(1) et seq., to review a tape recording of emergency calls made to the Grand Rapids Police Department.

In its opinion, the lower court aptly summarized the pertinent facts as follows.

This is a complaint brought by the plaintiffs against the Grand Rapids Chief of Police and the police department under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. On or about May 26, 1986,…