Tomkiewicz v. Detroit News, Inc.

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• noting “that summary disposition is an essential tool in the protection of First Amendment rights”
• “It is indisputable that law enforcement is a primary function of local government . . . .”
• ‘‘[W]e must consider society’s interest in free expression, in addition to the interests of the individual parties. . . . [S]ummary dis- position is an essential tool in the protection of [f]irst [a]mendment rights.’’ (Internal quotation marks omit- ted.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).