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KILGORE v. R. W. PAGE CORPORATION

S89A0085.

259 Ga. 556 (1989)

385 S.E.2d 406

KILGORE v. R. W. PAGE CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. H. Polleys, Jr., for appellant.

Jerome M. Rothschild, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

A newspaper publisher filed suit against a coroner to prohibit him from closing to the public a scheduled inquest. The superior court directed that any such inquest be open to the public. The coroner appealed, insisting that an open inquest might compromise an ongoing criminal investigation.

In granting relief, the trial court relied upon the standards set out in R. W. Page Corp. v. Lumpkin, 249 Ga. 576

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