DORTCH v. ATLANTA JOURNAL

No. S91A0488.

405 S.E.2d 43 (1991)

261 Ga. 350

DORTCH, et al. v. ATLANTA JOURNAL & Atlanta Constitution, et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe M. Harris, Alford J. Dempsey, Jr., Monica E. Ewing, Michael V. Coleman, Atlanta City Atty., Atlanta, for Dortch, et al.

Carolyn Y. Forrest, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution.

Terrence B. Adamson, Peter C. Canfield, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, Atty. Register.


FLETCHER, Justice.

Appellant Dortch is the Director of the Bureau of General Services for the City of Atlanta (the "city"). In May of 1990, pursuant to the Open Records Act, OCGA § 50-18-70 et seq. (the "act"), appellees, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, requested that appellants provide them with all 1990 cellular telephone bills paid by the city.

Appellants provided the documents but deleted from them all telephone numbers called from...

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