BEDINGFIELD v. BIRMINGHAM NEWS CO.

1901321.

595 So.2d 1379 (1992)

Hoyt BEDINGFIELD v. The BIRMINGHAM NEWS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Pate, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

Gilbert E. Johnston, Jr., Hollinger F. Barnard and Robert S. Vance, Jr. of Johnston, Barton, Proctor, Swedlaw & Naff, Birmingham, for appellee.


KENNEDY, Justice.

The defendant appeals from a judgment granting a permanent injunction to the plaintiff, the Birmingham News Company ("the News"). The injunction requires Hoyt Bedingfield to produce, for public dissemination, an internal audit report of the offices of the Birmingham city council.

Bedingfield, the director of the Department of Finance for the City of Birmingham, raises the issues of whether the audit report is a "public writing" and thereby...

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