COA 374801 HASSAN M AHMAD V UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Opinion - Per Curiam - Unpublished 2/12/2026

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S T A T E O F M I C H I G A N
C O U R T O F A P P E A L S
HASSAN M. AHMAD,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
UNPUBLISHED
February 12, 2026
10:53 AM
v No. 374801
Court of Claims
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, LC No. 17-000170-MZ
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: GADOLA, C.J., and CAMERON and RICK, JJ.
GADOLA, C.J. (concurring).
I concur in the result of the majority opinion because I agree that we are bound to follow
this Court’s earlier ruling in Ahmad v Univ of Mich, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court
of Appeals, issued June 20, 2019 (Docket No. 341299), 1-2 (Ahmad I) under the law of the case
doctrine, and because I am unpersuaded by defendant’s alternative arguments for reversal of the
Court of Claims. I write separately to express my firm belief that Ahmad I was incorrectly decided.
I agree with Chief Justice McCormack’s dissenting statement in Ahmad v Univ of Mich, 507 Mich
917 (2021) (Ahmad II) that the documents at issue in this case are not public records for purposes
of the Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Being unable to improve upon Chief Justice
McCormack’s cogent legal analysis, I will leave the reader to an enjoyment of it and also urge our
Supreme Court to adopt that analysis and overrule this Court’s decision in Ahmad I.
/s/ Michael F. Gadola

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