Northside Realty Associates, Inc. v. Community Relations Commission

Marshall, Justice.

The appellants brought suit in Fulton Superior Court under the Inspection of Public Records Act (Code Ann. § 40-2701 et seq.; Ga. L. 1959, p. 88 et seq.) for a writ of mandamus to compel the appellees to allow them to inspect and copy various records, documents, letters, and memoranda in their possession.

The complaint alleged that the Community Relations Commission of the City of Atlanta had sponsored a "testing” campaign, whereby real estate agents are visited by persons pretending to be interested in buying homes in order to check compliance with the Federal Fair Housing…