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SOC. OF PROF. JOURNALISTS v. SEXTON

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283 S.C. 563 (1984)

324 S.E.2d 313

The SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS, Sigma Delta Chi, Lowcountry Chapter, and Mary A. Glass Individually, as Director of said Society, Respondents v. Joel S. SEXTON, M.D., as Charleston County Medical Examiner, and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, of which the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is, Appellant. Appeal of SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 10, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Travis Medlock, Atty. Gen. and Daniel R. McLeod, Retired Atty. Gen., Walton J. McLeod, III, Gen. Counsel for South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control, and Jacquelyn S. Dickman, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Columbia, for appellant.

Thomas S. Tisdale, Jr., Charleston, for respondents.

Heard Nov. 12, 1984.

Decided Dec. 10, 1984.

HARWELL, Justice:

The respondents Society of Professional Journalists and Mary A. Glass initiated this action under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for a declaratory judgment that death certificates and medical examiners' records are public records maintained by a public body and must be provided to the public upon request. A consolidated action by the respondents sought an attorney fee...

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