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HERALD PUBLISHING CO., INC. v. BARNWELL

0835

291 S.C. 4 (1986)

351 S.E.2d 878

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., AND CAROLINA NEWSPAPERS, INC., D/B/A YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, APPELLANTS-RESPONDENTS v. EUGENE L. BARNWELL, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MAYOR, TOMMY BENFIELD, GERALD KEMP, JR., WILLIAM MILLER, CRAIG REED, HEYWARD REID, AND RODDEY CONNOLLY IN THEIR CAPACITY AS MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided December 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Brailsford, III, and Patricia B. Kinard, of Robinson, McFadden, Moore, Pope, Williams, Taylor & Brailsford, Columbia, and J. Buford Grier, Rock Hill, for appellants-respondents.

William M. Brice, Jr., York, and E.N. Zeigler, of Zeigler, McEachin & Graham, Florence, for respondents-appellants.

Jay Bender, of Belser, Baker, Barwick, Ravenel, Toal & Bender, Columbia, for amici curiae South Carolina Press Ass'n and Associated Press.

Heard Oct. 22, 1986.

Decided Dec. 15, 1986.

SANDERS, Chief Judge:

Herald Publishing Company, Inc., the owner of the The Evening Herald newspaper, and Carolina Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a the Yorkville Enquirer newspaper, brought this action against the members of the York City Council alleging that the Council had violated the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act by discussing subjects not permitted...

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