Legal Opinion
Athens Observer, Inc. v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 4, 1980No. 35239PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Presiding Justice.
This case involves a request by an Athens newspaper for disclosure under the Open Records Act, Code Ann. Ch. 40-27, of a report commissioned by the vice-president of research and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Georgia. Four consultants from outside the university were paid with state funds to evaluate the mathematical sciences programs at the university, including the Department of Mathematics, the Center for Applied Mathematics and the Department of Statistics and Computer Science. The trial court held that the report was a…
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