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FOIA lawsuit against Schuette will be heard by Michigan Supreme Court

LANSING, MI (MPRN)--   A lawsuit against former Attorney General Bill Schuette will be decided by the highest court in Michigan. 

Several years ago, Progress Michigan started what would become a years-long court battle with then-attorney general Bill Schuette. The case is over whether Schuette and members of his office used private emails for public business.

Now the Michigan Supreme Court will decide if the attorney general’s office needs to do a review of all personal emails from Schuette’s time in office and turn over any that involve state business.

Lonnie Scott is the executive director of Progress Michigan.

“Essentially they’re going to review all of the roadblocks that Bill Schuette put up to releasing those records,” he says.

Schuette’s office continually denied that any documents exist showing employees used private emails for state business.

Before becoming the newest Capitol reporter for the Michigan Public Radio Network, Cheyna Roth was an attorney. She spent her days fighting it out in court as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Ionia County. Eventually, Cheyna took her investigative and interview skills and moved on to journalism. She got her masters at Michigan State University and was a documentary filmmaker, podcaster, and freelance writer before finding her home with NPR. Very soon after joining MPRN, Cheyna started covering the 2016 presidential election, chasing after Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and all their surrogates as they duked it out for Michigan. Cheyna also focuses on the Legislature and criminal justice issues for MPRN. Cheyna is obsessively curious, a passionate storyteller, and an occasional backpacker. Follow her on Twitter at @Cheyna_R