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ATLANTA HUMANE SOCIETY v. HARKINS

Nos. S04G0613, S04G0684, S04G0685.

603 S.E.2d 289 (2004)

278 Ga. 451

ATLANTA HUMANE SOCIETY et al. v. HARKINS. Atlanta Humane Society et al. v. Mills.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 27, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Greenblatt, James V. Zito, Janet Leah Bozeman, Lipshutz, Greenblatt & King, Atlanta, for Appellant.

Hollie G. Manheimer, Stuckey & Manheimer, Decatur, Gerald R. Weber, Alan I. Begner, Katie K. Wood, Begner & Begner, P.C., Atlanta, for Appellee.

Douglas Paul Haines, Athens, Dion A. Sullivan, Washington, Justine Isabelle Thompson, Craig Lewis Goodmark, Atlanta, Mary Margaret Oliver, Joyner & Burnette, P.C., Decatur, for Amicus(Appellee).

George L. Howell, Howell & Associates, LLC, N.E. Atlanta, William A. Mudd, Saddler Sullivan, P.C., Birmingham, Gary Michael Newberry, Savannah, for Amicus(Appellant).

CARLEY, Justice.

The Atlanta Humane Society (AHS) provided animal control services for Fulton County and the City of Atlanta. During a television news investigation, Barbara Harkins, a former AHS employee, made several statements which the TV station broadcast and which were critical of AHS's methods and procedures and of its executive director, Bill Garrett. Thereafter, Kathi Mills also criticized AHS and Garrett (Appellants) in a series of statements posted on an...

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