Griffin-Spalding County Hospital Authority v. Radio Station WKEU

Nichols, Chief Justice.

The appellee, Radio Station WKEU, filed a petition for mandamus in the Superior Court of Spalding County on May 25,1977, against the appellant, Griffin-Spalding County Hospital Authority, alleging that the hospital authority had denied the radio station’s employees and agents access to records relating to the ambulance service operated by the hospital authority and that this denial constituted a violation of Georgia’s "open records” law. *445Code Ann. § 40-2701 et seq. The petition sought a court order to compel the hospital authority to produce the records.

The hospital…