Legal Opinion
Espn, Inc v. Michigan State University
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided August 18, 2015No. Docket 326773PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
In this dispute over the application of the privacy exemption to Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), see MCL 15.231 et seq., defendant, Michigan State University (the University), appeals by right the trial court’s order requiring it to reveal the redacted names of student-athletes who were listed as suspects in incident reports requested by plaintiff, ESPN, Inc. Under the circumstances of this case, we conclude that the trial court did not err when it determined that the exemption did not apply. Accordingly, we affirm.
I. BASIC FACTS
In September 2014, ESPN submitted a request under…
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