CAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY v. CCRF

S17G1676, S17G1677.

815 S.E.2d 841 (2018)

CAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY v. CONSUMER CREDIT RESEARCH FOUNDATION. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia v. Consumer Credit Research Foundation.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry R. Chalmers , Megan Poitevint Mitchell , Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP, 171 17th Street, N.W., Suite 2100, Atlanta, Georgia 30363-1031, Atlanta, for Appellant in S17G1676.

Thurbert E. Baker , Nathan L. Garroway , Mark Adam Silver , Dentons US LLP, 303 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 5300, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, for Appellee in S17G1676 and S17G1677.

Jennifer Colangelo , Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Russell David Willard , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Annette M. Cowart , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law 40 Capitol Square, SW Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Other Party in S17G1676.

Annette M. Cowart , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer Colangelo , Russell David Willard , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, for Appellant in S17G1677.

Peter Crane Canfield , Jason Todd Burnette , Meredith Charlotte Kincaid , JONES DAY 1420 Peachtree Street, N.E. Suite 800 Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053, Alex Potapov JONES DAY 51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W. Washington, Washington, DC 20001-2113, for Amicus Appellant in S17G1677.

Henry R. Chalmers , Megan Poitevint Mitchell , Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP 171 17th Street, N.W. Suite 2100 Atlanta, Georgia 30363-1031, for Other Party in S17G1677.


In this case, the Court of Appeals held, based on its reading of this Court's decision in Bowers v. Shelton, 265 Ga. 247, 453 S.E.2d 741 (1995), that Georgia's Open Records Act prohibits the disclosure of all information that is not required to be disclosed based...

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