Douglas Asphalt Co. v. E. R. Snell Contractor, Inc.

Barnes, Judge.

E. R. Snell Contractor, Inc. and ten other contractors applied for an injunction against the Georgia Department of Transportation to prevent the agency from giving copies of certain documents to Douglas Asphalt Company in response to its Open Records Act request. The contractors contended that the documents, which the companies submitted to the DOT pursuant to their roadway paving contracts, contained trade secrets and thus were exempt from the Act. Douglas Asphalt was granted permission to intervene, and objected to the application. Following a bench trial, the trial court…