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MISS. DEPT. OF AUDIT v. GULF PUBL'G CO.

No. 2013-SA-02002-COA, 2014-SA-00894-COA.

235 So.3d 1452 (2016)

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT, Stacey Pickering, Jim Hood, Chris Lott, David Huggins, Melissa C. Patterson, Joseph A. Runnels, Jr., Sandra R. Chesnut and Harold E. Pizzetta, III, Appellants v. GULF PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., Appellee. Melissa C. Patterson, Stacey Pickering, Individually, David Huggins, Individually, Chris Lott, individually, Mississippi Department of Audit, Stacey Pickering in his Official Capacity as State Auditor for the State of Mississippi, Harold E. Pizzetta, III, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Joseph A. Runnels, Jr., Sandra R. Chesnut and Jim Hood, Appellants v. Gulf Publishing Company, Inc., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret P. Ellis , Arthur F. Jernigan Jr. , John G. Corlew , Robert V. Greenlee , Alan M. Purdie , John T. Kitchens , Thomas Eugene Whitfield Jr. , Dion Jeffery Shanley , Samuel L. Anderson , Roy M. Tipton , Judy T. Martin , attorneys for appellant.

Henry Laird, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

I. Initial Lawsuit

¶ 1. In 2012, the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) was being investigated by a joint federal and state task force for misappropriation of funds. On November 14, 2012, the Sun Herald newspaper submitted a written request to obtain DMR records...

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