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ATCHISON v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ST. MARYS

35769.

245 Ga. 494 (1980)

265 S.E.2d 801

ATCHISON v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ST. MARYS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor, Bishop & Lee, Andrew A. Taylor, Harold Barkley Wahl, for appellant.

Stein & Henderson, J. Grover Henderson, for appellees.

CLARKE, Justice.

The question here is whether a Georgia resident who is an employee of a Florida newspaper has the right to require a public hospital to make its business telephone records available for inspection. The appellant, Robert Atchison, attempted to secure such right by filing a petition for a writ of mandamus against the appellees, the Hospital Authority of the City of St. Marys and the Gilman Hospital. The trial court entered a final order denying the...

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