COGGIN v. DAVEY

29020.

233 Ga. 407 (1975)

211 S.E.2d 708

COGGIN et al. v. DAVEY et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Tidwell, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Timothy J. Sweeney, Assistant Attorney General, for appellants.

Larry W. Thomason, Stanley M. Lefco, William Hollberg, for appellees.


GUNTER, Justice.

This appeal raises the issue of the applicability of Georgia's "Sunshine Law" to the General Assembly and its committees. This statute (Ga. L. 1972, p. 575; Code Ann. §§ 40-3301 through 40-3303) was enacted in 1972, and, as pertinent to this appeal, it provides: "All meetings of any state department, agency, board, bureau, commission or political subdivision ... at which official actions are to be taken are hereby declared to be public meetings...

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