Detroit Free Press, Inc. v. Department of Consumer & Industry Services

In this action brought pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (foia), MCL 15.231 et seq., plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court’s grant of summary disposition to defendant. We affirm.

On May 5, 2000, plaintiff sent an foia request to defendant, seeking the opportunity to review all consumer complaints filed with defendant against property insurers in 1999. The letter specified that plaintiff was seeking “all complaints filed in 1999, regardless of [defendant’s] determination of their merit.” The request also sought access to all of defendant’s docu mentation arising from these…