In re Buchanan

In this suit to compel the 67th District Court to allow public access to its files, plaintiff appeals as of right from an order of the Genesee Circuit Court entered June 6, 1985, granting summary judgment to defendant. We reverse in part.

The basic facts, set forth in plaintiff’s deposition on the question of summary disposition, are not disputed. In November, 1983, plaintiff was elected *708to a four-year term on the city council of Burton, Michigan. In February, 1984, the city council formed a committee to investigate allegations of political payoffs and favoritism in the misdemeanor diversion…