Court Opinion

ID: 9728553
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 14:10:56.108855+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:49.644593
License: Public Domain

Cynar, J.
(concurring). While concurring in the result reached in my brother Danhof’s opinion, I believe there is a need to further briefly state my position. At this stage of interpreting the FOIA on the question before us, I am only willing to say that upon balancing the right and interest in disclosure under the FOIA against plaintiffs’ asserted privacy interest in nondisclosure of their home addresses, the balance favors disclosure under the facts and circumstances found in this case. While MCL 15.243(l)(a); MSA 4.1801(13)(l)(a), invests a public body with discretion in deciding *611whether to disclose information of a personal nature when disclosure is challenged on the ground enumerated therein, a decision to disclose (or not to disclose) may nonetheless constitute an abuse of discretion in an appropriate case. My conclusion that the balance of factors favors disclosure in this case is thus tantamount to saying that defendants’ decision to disclose was a proper exercise of discretion.