Legal Opinion
Dortch v. Atlanta Journal & Atlanta Constitution
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 21, 1991No. S91A0488PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Justice.
Appellant Dortch is the Director of the Bureau of General Services for the City of Atlanta (the “city”). In May of 1990, pursuant to the Open Records Act, OCGA § 50-18-70 et seq. (the “act”), appellees, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, requested that appellants provide them with all 1990 cellular telephone bills paid by the city.
Appellants provided the documents but deleted from them all telephone numbers called from city cellular telephones. Appellants also deleted the numbers assigned to city cellular telephones but did place the amount of the bill for…
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- Harris v. Cox Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1986
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