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GANNETT RIVER STATES PUB. CORP., INC. v. CITY OF JACKSON

No. 2002-CA-02032-SCT.

866 So.2d 462 (2004)

GANNETT RIVER STATES PUBLISHING CORPORATION, INC., d/b/a The Clarion-Ledger v. CITY OF JACKSON, Harvey Johnson, In his Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of Jackson; Margaret Barrett, In Her Official Capacity as President of the Jackson City Council; and Ben Allen, Leslie McLemore, Kenneth Stokes, William "Bo" Brown, C. Daryl Neely and Allen "Chip" Reno, Jr., In their Official Capacity as Members of the Jackson City Council.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 26, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Van Slyke, Jr., Laura L. Gibbes, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Ronald Dewayne Bailey, Terry Wallace, Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.

SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This case involves the interpretation of two important state statutes, the Open Meetings Act, Miss.Code Ann. §§ 25-41-1 to -17 (Rev.2003), and the Mississippi Public Records Act, Miss.Code Ann. §§ 25-61-1 to -17 (Rev.2003). Gannett River States Publishing Corporation, Inc. d/b/a The Clarion-Ledger (Gannett), accused the Jackson City Council of denying the public and the press access to a...

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