UNIFIED GOVERNMENT v. ATHENS NEWSPAPERS, LLC

No. S07G1133.

663 S.E.2d 248 (2008)

UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY v. ATHENS NEWSPAPERS, LLC.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Berryman, Jr., Athens, for appellant.

Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, David E. Hudson, Davis A. Dunaway, Augusta, for appellee.

Susan J. Moore, Delong, Caldwell & Bridgers, Michael A. Caldwell, Charles C. Olson, Prosecuting Atty's Council of Ga., James F. Grubiak, Kemuel A. Kimbrough, Ted C. Baggett, Atlanta, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Robert L. Rothman, Christopher K. Withers, Atlanta, amici curiae.


CARLEY, Justice.

In 2005, Appellee Athens Newspapers, LLC submitted a request under the Open Records Act, OCGA § 50-18-70 et seq., to Appellant Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, seeking police department records relating to the investigation of the 1992 rape and murder of Jennifer Stone. Despite extensive investigation, no one has yet been arrested or identified as a suspect, and investigators have not identified any new evidence for several years....

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