Detroit Free Press, Inc v. University of Michigan Regents

Plaintiffs, Detroit Free Press, Inc., and Federated Publications, Inc., appeal by right the order of the Court of Claims, which denied plaintiffs’ motion for summary disposition and request for injunctive relief and granted summary disposition in favor of defendant, the University of Michigan Regents. Plaintiffs publish or operate two major newspapers in this state; defendant is a constitutional corporation and public body responsible for governing the University of Michigan pursuant to Article 8, §§ 4 and 5 of the Michigan Constitution. Plaintiffs contend that all “closed informal sessions”…