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SCAD v. SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, INC.

No. S98A1486.

515 S.E.2d 370 (1999)

270 Ga. 791

SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, INC. v. SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, INC.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied April 2, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, David J. Bailey, Gregory R. Hanthorn, Atlanta, for Savannah College of Art & Design, Inc.

Savage, Herndon & Turner, Robert B. Turner, Robert S. Kraeuter, Savannah, Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett, James B. Ellington, Nancy S. Gentry, Augusta, for School of Visual Arts, Inc.

Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Peter C. Canfield, Sean R. Smith, Thomas M. Clyde, Atlanta, amicus curiae.

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

This appeal concerns public access to court records in a civil case. The superior court ordered that confidential settlement documents filed with Savannah College of Art & Design's (SCAD) discovery motion should be open for public inspection because SCAD failed to meet its burden in limiting access. Because we find the trial court abused its discretion in concluding that SCAD's privacy interest in the settlement documents did not clearly outweigh...

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