Legal Opinion

OWENS Et Al. v. HILL

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 19, 2014No. S14A0092Published

1Opinion of the Court

In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: May 19, 2014 S14A0092. OWENS et al. v. HILL HINES, Presiding Justice. This case presents the question of whether it is unconstitutional for the State of Georgia to maintain the confidentiality of the names and other identifying information of the persons and entities involved in executions, including those who manufacture the drug or drugs to be used.1 We hold that it is not, and we reverse the ruling of the Superior Court of Fulton County in which it granted an interlocutory injunction prohibiting the execution of Warren Lee Hill with a drug from a…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Helling v. McKinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of RiversideSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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