SOUTHERN CRESCENT NEWSPAPERS v. DORSEY

No. S97A2023.

497 S.E.2d 360 (1998)

269 Ga. 41

SOUTHERN CRESCENT NEWSPAPERS, L.P., et al. v. DORSEY, et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Hudson, Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett, Augusta, for Southern Crescent Newspapers, L.P.

W. Ray Persons, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, David Frank Walbert, Charles A. Mathis, Jr., Walbert & Mathis, W. Charles Adams, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for Sidney Dorsey.

Lawrence Patrick Auld, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.


SEARS, Justice.

The former legal organ of DeKalb County appeals the trial court's denial of its request for injunctive and mandamus relief after the official designation of a new county legal organ, claiming that the legislature's amendment of the statutory criteria required for legal organs should be applied retroactively to disqualify the newly-designated paper. We conclude that (1) the newly-designated paper satisfied the necessary criteria for legal organs at...

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