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DALE v. BIRMINGHAM NEWS CO.

83-132.

452 So.2d 1321 (1984)

Louis DALE, et al. v. The BIRMINGHAM NEWS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 8, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Somerville, Jr., James E. Simpson, and Augusta Dowd of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, for appellants.

James C. Barton and Gilbert E. Johnston, Jr., of Johnston, Barton, Proctor, Swedlaw & Naff, Birmingham, for appellee.

David R. Boyd of Balch, Bingham, Baker, Ward, Smith, Bowman & Thagard, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Ass'n of School Boards.

David M. Olive, Gen. Counsel, Birmingham, for The Alabama Press Ass'n, as amicus curiae.

FAULKNER, Justice.

The Birmingham News Company (News) brought this action against the members of the Birmingham Board of Education, alleging that the Board had excluded the public from meetings during which it interviewed applicants for the position of Superintendent of the Birmingham School System, in violation of Section 13A-14-2, Code of Alabama (1975). The circuit court issued an order enjoining the defendants from excluding the public from interviews conducted...

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