Booth Newspapers, Inc v. Kent County Treasurer

Plaintiff appeals as of right from a Kent Circuit Court opinion and order which held that plaintiff could not obtain certain tax records from defendant under Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.231 et seq.; MSA 4.1801(1) et seq., and granted defendant’s motion for summary disposition. MCR 2.116(0(10). We reverse.

Plaintiff requested that defendant, pursuant to the foia, give it records or compilations of records indicating monthly or quarterly payments made by each hotel or motel that was subject to Kent County’s hotel/motel tax for calendar years 1983-86. Plaintiff also requested…