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IN RE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

No. S99A0928.

519 S.E.2d 909 (1999)

271 Ga. 436

In re Motion of the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 13, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Long, Aldridge & Norman, F.T. Davis, Jr., Lawrence A. Slovensky, Atlanta, for appellant.

Warner, Mayoue & Bates, C. Wilbur Warner, Jr., John C. Mayoue, Kilpatrick Stockton, A. Stephens Clay, Susan A. Cahoon, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, William J. Linkous, Jr., Atlanta, for appellee.

SEARS, Justice.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ("AJC") appeals from the trial court's denial of its motion seeking access to the sealed files of a court proceeding. Having reviewed the record and after concluding that the trial court failed to follow the required procedures for entering an order sealing the record in a lawsuit from public scrutiny, we reverse.

On February 13, 1998, Kimberlee Sullivan filed suit against Sun Trust Bank and others, asserting...

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