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BROWN v. MINTER

34397.

243 Ga. 397 (1979)

254 S.E.2d 326

BROWN v. MINTER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 6, 1979.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferrin Y. Mathews, W. Roy Mays, III, Thomas F. Cuffie, for appellant.

Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey, David J. Bailey, Albert G. Norman, Jr., for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

James G. Minter, Jr., an editor of the Atlanta Journal acting in his capacity as a private citizen, sought to inspect certain records representing completed investigations by the Internal Investigation Unit of the Atlanta Police Department. The Department denied him permission to do so and he brought this action for mandamus in the Superior Court of Fulton County under the Georgia Open Records Act (Ga. L. 1959, p. 88, as amended), Code...

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