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ROUCH v. ENQUIRER & NEWS OF BATTLE CREEK

Docket No. 75044, (Calendar No. 14).

427 Mich. 157 (1986)

398 N.W.2d 245

ROUCH v. ENQUIRER & NEWS OF BATTLE CREEK

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Jereck for the plaintiff.

Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle (by Robert C. Bernius and Pamela J. Brown) and Sullivan, Hamilton & Schulz (by James M. Sullivan) for the defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn (by Herschel P. Fink) for Detroit Free Press, Inc., and WXYZ, Inc.

Keywell & Rosenfeld (by Dawn L. Phillips and Blair B. Hysni) for Michigan Press Association.

Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile, P.C. (by Richard E. Rassel and James E. Stewart), for The Evening News Association.

Decided December 26, 1986. Rehearing denied 428 Mich. 1207.

BRICKLEY, J.

In this case, arising out of an alleged false newspaper defamation of a private individual who was arrested but not formally charged for rape, it is necessary to determine the applicability of Michigan's statutory "public and official proceedings" statute, MCL 600.2911(3); MSA 27A.2911(3), and the viability of its common-law qualified public...

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