Legal Opinion
Tobin v. Civil Service Commission
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 1982No. 65596, (Calendar No. 3)PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, J.
This case is a so-called "reverse” Freedom of Information Act case in which the plaintiffs seek to enjoin rather than compel disclosure of public records. The plaintiffs are five classified civil service employees of the State of Michigan who have filed a class action seeking to enjoin the defendants, the Michigan Civil Service Commission and the Department of Civil Service, from releasing to several labor organizations a list of names and addresses of all classified civil service employees.
The plaintiffs assert that 1) the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 1 affirmatively prohibits the…
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