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MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING COMPANY v. TATUM

S93G1065.

263 Ga. 678 (1993)

436 S.E.2d 655

MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING COMPANY v. TATUM.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 17, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Walker & Reichert, Walter H. Bush, Jr., Susan S. Cole, for appellant.

Adams & Hemingway, William P. Adams, Butler, Wooten, Overby & Cheeley, Albert M. Pearson III, for appellee.

Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett, David E. Hudson, James B. Ellington, Edward J. Tarver, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Terrence B. Adamson, Peter C. Canfield, James A. Demetry, C. Amanda Martin, amici curiae.

FLETCHER, Justice.

This court granted the writ of certiorari to consider whether the First Amendment prohibits a newspaper from being punished for publishing the name of a sexual assault victim in violation of OCGA § 16-6-23.1 We hold that, under the facts of this case, both the United States and Georgia constitutions protect The Macon Telegraph from civil liability for the invasion of privacy claim from its publication of Tatum's...

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